Texas and War with Mexico

Mexico’s policy toward Texas in the 1820s included

• selling Texas to the United States.

• allowing the U.S. to annex Texas.

• encouraging American settlement.

• closing its borders to American settlers.

What is one reason American settlers in Texas rebelled against Mexican rule?

• Tejanos outnumbered American settlers, who felt threatened by the Tejanos.

• Most settlers supported slavery, which was illegal in Mexico.

• Most settlers opposed slavery, which was legal in Mexico.

• Mexico opposed Catholicism, which most settlers practiced.

People traveling along the Santa Fe Trail were often on their way

• from Independence, Missouri, to the New Mexico Territory.

• from the Southern states to Texas.

• from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon Country.

• from the Eastern states to Kentucky and Tennessee.

To justify declaring war against Mexico, President James Polk

• persuaded Mexico to sign a treaty stating that the Rio Grande formed the border of Texas.

• lied to Congress, claiming that Mexico had attacked U.S. troops on American soil.

• ordered General Taylor to blockade the Santa Fe Trail, cutting off key supply routes to Mexico.

• refused to accept censure, or reprimand, from Congress before the war started.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• resolved the question of whether western states would allow slavery.

• gave the United States complete control of the Oregon Country.

• forced Native Americans in the West to sell lands to American settlers.

• extended the western border of the United States to the Pacific coast.

What was a result of the Gadsden Purchase?

• It created a territory in the West for free African American settlement.

• It nearly doubled the size of the United States.

• It gave the United States control of the Bear Flag Republic.

• It changed the borders of Arizona and New Mexico.

Which event marked the beginning of the Mexican-American War?

• The annexation of Texas by the United States.

• The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• The Battle of the Alamo.

• The Gadsden Purchase.

What was the primary goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• To find a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean.

• To establish trade with Native American tribes.

• To claim the Oregon Territory for the United States.

• To map the flora and fauna of the western territories.

Why did the United States want to acquire Florida from Spain in the early 19th century?

• To gain control of the Mississippi River.

• To remove a European power from its borders.

• To access gold mines in the region.

• To establish a new slave state.

3. Who was the U.S. president during the Mexican-American War?

• a. Thomas Jefferson

• b. James K. Polk

• c. John Adams

• d. Abraham Lincoln

• e. John Tyler