Tensions with Mexico - Chapter 12 Closed

Where was the traditional southern border of Texas?

• Brazos River
• Nueces River
• Rio Grande
• Red River

What document created the Texas claim to a border at the Rio Grande?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Velasco

Whose election pushed forward the Annexation of Texas?

• Zachary Taylor
• John Tyler
• James K. Polk
• William Henry Harrison

Who was ordered to lead an army into the Nueces Strip?

• Zachary Taylor
• Winfield Scott
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee

Who said, "Mexico has …invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil"?

• James K. Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• Windield Scott
• Abraham Lincoln

Who demanded that the "spot" where "American blood was shed upon the American soil" be shown to be American soil?

• James K. Polk
• Zachary Taylor
• Windield Scott
• Abraham Lincoln

Before The Mexican-American War, Texas declared its independence from _____________.

• Canada

• Mexico

• Spain

• Europe

Texas became the _______ state of The U.S.

• 28th

• 50th

• 30th

• 25th

Who was the leader of The Mexican Army?

• General Santa Anna

• General Jose Anna

• General Zachary Taylor

• General Winfeld Scott

What were the Mexicans who wanted to break away from Mexico called?

• Tejanos

• Amigos

• Texans