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Mexican-American War Part 2

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the Mexican-American War started Polk had a war plan which had how many parts?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

2.

What was the first goal?

a)

Take over the disputed border in Texas

b)

Take over Mexico City (Capital of Mexico)

c)

Take over New Mexico & California

d)

Pay Mexico money for land

3.

Who accomplished the first goal of capturing the Texas border?

a)

General Andrew Jackson

b)

General Ulysses S. Grant

c)

General Zachary Taylor

d)

Stephen F. Austin

4.

What was the second goal?

a)

Take Mexico City, the capital of Mexico

b)

Drive Mexican forces out of the disputed border

c)

To capture New Mexico and California

5.

Who accomplished the second goal of capturing New Mexico and California?

a)

General Sam Houston

b)

General George Washington

c)

General Zachary Taylor

d)

General Stephen Watts Kearny

6.

In June 1846, a small group of Americans took over the town of Sonoma north of San Francisco. What did they call their new country?

a)

The Republic of Oregon

b)

The Republic of Texas

c)

The Bear Flag Republic

d)

The Republic of California

7.

Eventually the United States Navy invaded the ports of California. Who was the person in charge of these invasions?

a)

General Zachary Taylor

b)

Commodore John Sloat

c)

General Sam Houston

d)

James K. Polk

8.

What was the third goal?

a)

Capturing San Antonio

b)

Capturing San Francisco

c)

Capturing Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico

d)

Capturing Mexico City, the capital of Mexico

9.

Who accomplished the third and final goal?

a)

General Santa Anna

b)

General Zachary Taylor

c)

General Winfield Scott

d)

General Andrew Jackson

10.

When Mexico City was captured, the Mexican government surrendered and they were also forced to surrender...

a)

1/2 of their territory

b)

All of their territory

c)

1/4 of their territory

d)

1/3 of their territory

11.

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?

a)

Treaty of Ghent

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

d)

Adams-Onis Treaty

12.

Mexico gave up Texas and agreed to WHAT as the border between Texas and Mexico?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Nueces River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Colorado River

13.

What was it called when the United States payed $15 million to Mexico for California and New Mexico?

a)

Mexican Payment

b)

Mexican Cession

c)

Mexico Leaving

d)

Bribery

14.

The United States paid Mexico $10 million for a strip of land along the southern edge of present-day Arizona and New Mexico. It was called what?

a)

California Purchase

b)

Oregon Purchase

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Gadsden Purchase

15.

After the Gadsden Purchase, how big was the United States?

a)

1/4 its present day size

b)

1/2 its present day size

c)

Present day size

d)

1/3 its present day size

16.

After the war what made people start to move to the newly acquired land?

a)

Regular rocks

b)

Silver

c)

Gold

d)

Bronze