Mexican American War

Which president supported and endorsed Manifest Destiny?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

• James K Polk

• None of the above

Manifest Destiny is the idea

• the United States should expand overseas

• the United States should stop taking Native American land

• the United States should expand coast to coast

Mexico and the United States argued over the border of Texas. Mexico believed it was the Nueces River and the United States believed it was the

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

• None of the above

The Bear Flag Republic was in California.

• True

• False

Zachary Taylor was an important U.S. general in the Mexican American War.

• True

• False

Winfield Scott was the leader of Mexico during the Mexican American War.

• True

• False

The United States government purchased a small plot of land including party of Arizona and New Mexico to build a railroad for 10 million dollars.

• True

• False

The Mexican Cession was the land given to the United States by Mexico after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It included:

• Oregon and Texas

• California, Nevada, Utah, part of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming

• California, Florida, South Carolina, and Washington

• None of the above

The granting of land from one country to another is called

• cession
• permanent school fund
• veto
• annexation

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo made the _______________ river the boundary between 

• Nueces River
• Sabine River
• Colorado River
• Rio Grande River