Social Studies Mexican-American War Grade 8 Quiz

The Mexican Wear provoked by President ___ with U.S. vs. Mexico.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• James K Polk

• Andrew Jackson

Mexican War Causes:

• Annexation of Texas 1845

• James K. Polk (US
  President) wanted to
  provoke a war - Mexico
  refused to sell the
  California & New Mexico
  Territories to the U.S. & they wanted to reclaim
  Texas

• Gold Rush of California

• Boundary dispute
  between Texas and
  Mexico - Nueces River
  or Rio Grande?

Which country made the Declaration of War on April 23, 1846?

• Mexico

• United States

• Britain

• Indians

Which country made Declaration of War one May 13, 1846 with "American blood had been shed own American soil? by James K. Polk?

• Mexico

• United States

• Britain

• Indians

Who said, “American blood had been shed on American soil?”

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• James K. Polk

What were the goals of war?

• Drive Mexico out of Texas

• Seize New Mexico and California

• Drive the Indians to Mexico to get rid of them

• Capture Mexico City

Results with American Victory of the Mexican War - How?

• Mexican soldiers didn't care anymore

• American forces
  were better equipped and better led.

• American forces
  had more soldiers

• American forces were bigger

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo included?

• Mexico ceded what are now the states
  of California, Nevada, and Utah.

• They also ceded parts of Arizona, New
  Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming

• U.S. paid Mexico 15 million dollars

• US assumed debts Mexico owed American citizens worth 3.25 million
  dollars

• 
  Rio Grande River becomes border
  between U.S. and Mexico.