REVIEW Unit 2 Chapter 2

Who was the president of MEXICO during the Mexican-American war?

• Juniperro Serra
• Santa Anna
• James K. Polk
• Juan Gonzalez

Most inhabitants of Texas favored what plan for their newly independent republic?

• requesting admittance to Mexico as a state
• applying for statehood in the US
• remaining an independent nation
• developing a trade economy for Texas

Who was the commander and chief of the Texas Army during their fight for independence?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Sam Houston
• James K. Polk
• Santa Anna

The new nation, the Republic of Texas, was also known by what NICKNAME due to its flag?

• The Bear Flag Republic
• The Lone Star Republic
• The Stars & Bars
• The Confederacy

What treaty had given TEXAS its independence from Mexico

• The Gadsden Purchase
• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Wilmot Proviso
• The Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Velasco

What was Polk's "expansionist" campaign slogan during the Election of 1844?

• Fifty-Four Forty or FIGHT!
• Texas, No Matter What!
• Texas FOREVER!
• Manifest Destiny!
• Tippecanoe and Texas Too!

Why did northerners object to the annexation of Texas?

• It would support the Missouri Compromise.
• It would increase the number of free states.
• It would increase the number of slave states.
• It would create additional alliances with Mexico.

The "disputed territory" in Texas that prompted the Mexican-American War was located between which TWO rivers? Please select BOTH of these rivers located in present-day Texas.

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

Occurring weeks before the war was officially declared, the first shots fired during the Mexican-American War occurred during which incident?

• Veracruz Invasion
• Thornton Skirmish
• Battle of Buena Vista
• Battle of Palo Alto

According to your lecture, the Mexican-American War was fought on THREE fronts, what were the three fronts? Please select ALL correct answers.

• The Borderlands
• Alta California
• March to Mexico City
• Padre Island
• Nuevo México