U.S. History Ch. 7 L4 Mexican American War Quiz

Antislavery leaders in Congress opposed the annexation of Texas because a significant population of ______ had taken enslaved African Americans into the territory, and the state was certain to support the cause of slavery.

• Southerners

• Notherners

• Mexicans

• officers

James K. Polk won the Democratic nomination for president in 1844 with his promise to annex not only Texas but also the contested ______ in the Northwest.

• Oregon

• California

• Utah

• Wakanda

Even before the war with Mexico was officially declared, settlers in northern ______ led by American general John C. Frémont, had begun an uprising.

• California

• Texas

• Oregon

• Arizona

On February 2, 1848, Mexico's leaders signed the Treaty of ______, ceding more than 500,000 square miles of territory to the United States.

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Guadalupe Montez

• Oregon

• Rio Grande

With Oregon and the former Mexican territories under the U.S. flag, the dream of ______ Destiny was realized and the United States stretched from ocean to ocean.

• Manifest

• Womanifest

• California

• Bear Flag Republic

Among other documents supporting his proposal for the annexation of Texas, President John Tyler gave Congress a letter by Secretary of State John C. Calhoun that contained ______.

• a fierce defense of slavery.

• arguments in favor of immigration.

• a threat of war with Mexico.

• sharp criticism of annexation.

In an effort to win popular support for a war with Mexico, President James K. Polk ordered troops led by General Zachary Taylor to cross the ______.

• 49th parallel.

• Rio Grande.

• territory west of Missouri.

• Nueces River.

In order to implement President Polk’s three-pronged military strategy against Mexico, the United States needed to expand its ______.

• shipbuilding industry.

• negotiations with Britain.

• army.

• territory.

President Polk forced the war to a conclusion when he sent ships to Veracruz, from where soldiers marched west and captured ______.

• Mexico City.

• the Gulf of Mexico.

• Monterrey.

• the Bear Flag Republic.

In which year did Texas join the Union?

• 1836

• 1845

• 1848

• 1860