Mexican-American War

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

What effect did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo NOT have?

• the Southwest became part of the United States

• the Mexicans living in the United States became a part of it

• the United States protected the Native Americans living there

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

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 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

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

• Canada

• Mexico

• Spain

• Europe