Mexican-American War

Manifest Destiny is

• The belief that the United States had a God-given right to expand west.
• The belief that the United States had the right to hold slaves.
• The belief that people had the right to choose their representatives.
• The belief that each branch can check each other.

Regarding the river that divided Texas and Mexico after 1836...

• Mexico and Texas/USA agreed it was the Nueces River

• Mexico and Texas/USA agreed it was the Rio Grande River

• Mexico claimed it was the Nueces River and Texas/USA claimed it was the Rio Grande River

• Mexico claimed it was the Rio Grande River and Texas/USA claimed it was the Nueces River

What river divides Mexico and the USA today?

• Rio Grande

• Nueces River

• Austin River

• Taylor River

The treaty that officially ended the U.S.-Mexican War

• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Paris of 1848

• The Alamo Treaty

Who was president of the USA during the Mexican American War?

• George Washington

• Santa Anna

• James K. Polk

• Christopher Columbus

How did President Polk's order to have soldiers patrol along the Rio Grande contribute to war with Mexico?

• The ownership of the area was disputed between Mexico and the U.S.

• The U.S. soldiers were raiding Mexican villages

• The soldiers forced themselves into Mexican homes

• The soldiers were attacking Native American tribes

What was a major consequence of the Mexican War?

• Congress had to decide the slavery issue for the Mexican Cession.

• Congress had to repay Mexico for war damages

• The U.S. finally opened trade routes with Mexico

• The U.S stopped all trade with Mexico

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct

• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary

• Americans' belief in Manifest Destiny

• The U.S. annexed Texas

Formally adding a state to your country is known as _____.

• providence

• annexation

• manifest destiny

• secession

Invading a foreign country violates that country's _______

• Manifest Destiny

• exports

• sovereignty

• annexation