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WorksheetsMexican-American War
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
All Americans supported the U.S.-Mexico War.
True
False
What year did Mexico free itself from Spain?
1820
1821
1812
1811
One way Mexican leaders wanted to increase the population of Northern Mexico in 1821 was...
convert Indians to Catholicism
sell land to the U.S.
welcome settlers from the U.S.
install railroads in Chihuahua
Mexico was _______ and anti slavery.
Jewish
Methodist
Protestant
Catholic
The American (Anglo) settlers were mostly ______ and _______.
Protestant, anti-slavery
Protestant, pro-slavery
Catholic, anti-slavery
Catholic, pro-slavery
The Texans won their independence from Mexico in...
1821
1826
1836
1846
Texas twice applied to the United States Congress for _____ but both times the Congress said no.
immigration
emmigration
a loan
annexation
Who was the United States' President in 1844?
Abraham Lincoln
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Manifest Destiny was...
God's plan that America extend its territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean
American economic plan that extended the railroad
the exploration of the West for scientific purposes
Mexico's plan for conquest
President James K. Polk sent envoy John Slidell to Mexico City to...
try to sell Louisiana
try to buy California
try to end the war
try to buy Chihuahua
What year did the United States annex Texas?
1844
1845
1846
1847
