Texas -- Mexican American War and Annexation

In what year did the U.S. declare war on Mexico?

• 1812

• 1836

• 1846

• 1850

Who was US president during the Mexican-American War?

• James Polk

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?

• All of these answers are correct
• The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
• America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
• The U.S. recently annexed Texas

What word means "the belief in the God given right to move West"?

• Manifest Destiny
• Land Speculator
• Decree
• Ordinance

What war did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo bring an end to

• Texas American war
• Mexican Revolu
• Mexican-American War
• Indian War

Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Nevada were all states that joined the US as a result of what?

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Annexation of Texas
• The Mexican Cession
• The Joint Resolution

Annexation of Texas was controversial in the United States because ____________________________________.

• it would increase the number of states that did not allow slavery
• it could lead to war with Spain
• it would increase the number of states that allowed slavery
• it would interfere with Manifest Destiny

Which of the following was when Mexico gave its provinces of California and New Mexico up to the United States?

• Gadsden Purchase
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Mexican Cession
• None of the above

_______ is the idea that God wanted America to have land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• Providence
• The Spoils System
• Manifest Destiny
• Destiny of the USA

What was the finding of Gold called in California

• Gold Rush

• Treasure Found

• We are Rich

• We won the Lottery