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Who was the U.S. president during the Mexican-American War?
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
John Adams
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
James K. Polk
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Who was the U.S. president during the Mexican-American War?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
James K. Polk
Who was the leader of Mexico during most of the war?
Maximilian I
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Benito Juarez
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Who was the first President of Texas?
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
James K. Polk
Ulysses S. Grant
Who described the war as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation?
Emily Dickinson
James Buchanan
Ulysses S. Grant
Henry David Thoreau
Who commanded the U.S. forces that captured Veracruz and Mexico City?
Franklin Pierce
John J. Pershing
Joseph E. Johnston
Winfield Scott
Who commanded the U.S. forces that captured Santa Fe?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Stephen Watts Kearny
Who commanded the U.S. forces that captured Monterrey?
Winfield Scott
Zebulon Pike
Albert Sidney Johnston
Zachary Taylor
Which of these best describes the U.S. political parties stances on the war?
Supported by Democrats, opposed by Whigs
Supported by Whigs, opposed by Democrats
Supported by Whigs and southern Democrats; opposed by northern Democrats
Supported by Democrats and northern Whigs; opposed by southern Whigs
Which future U.S. president did not fight in the war?
Millard Fillmore
Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Pierce
Which city remained a Mexican possession after the end of the war?
Tucson
Corpus Christi
Albuquerque
San Diego
When was the Mexican-American war fought?
1846 to 1848
1802 to 1804
1865 to 1871
1812 to 1814
What was the treaty that ended the war?
Treaty of Tlatelolco
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Peace of Westphalia
What was the object of the Wilmot Proviso?
To establish English as the official language in all territory seized from Mexico
To require an oath of allegiance from all persons living in territory seized from Mexico
To ban slavery in territory seized from Mexico
To require Mexico to pay for a wall along the border
What was the Mormon Battalions most significant military action during the war?
Repulsed a flanking counterattack, preventing a rout at the battle of Churubusco
Fought off a herd of wild cattle on the San Pedro River in Arizona
Seized a bridge at Chapultepec before it could be destroyed by withdrawing Mexican forces
Carried out the first amphibious invasion of the war at Veracruz
What was the land gained by the United States in the Mexican-American War called?
Mexican Cession
Confederation
Louisiana Purchase
Southwest Confederacy
What was the immediate reason for the U.S. declaration of war?
Mexican forces attacked Americans in disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande
The massacre of the defenders of the Alamo
The sinking of the battleship Maine in Veracruz Harbor
The deposition and execution of Mexican emperor Maximilian I
What was the belief that the U.S. was intended by God to expand across North America?
Great Awakening
Free Soil
Transcendentalism
Manifest Destiny
What U.S. general captured Mexico City?
Zachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
What state came out of the land gained from the war and the treaty?
Nevada
California
Arizona
All of the above
What relic of the war is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum?
Zachary Taylors glass eye
Philip Kearneys left arm
John C. Fremonts hook hand
Santa Annas prosthetic leg