The War With Mexico
Name the president who pledged to enlarge U.S. territory.
(Former President) James K. Polk
What formed the dividing line between Texas and Mexico?
The Rio Grande
Who were the first immigrants the U.S. sought to keep from illegally crossing its southern border?
Chinese Immigrants
Which president's plan for immigration was a southern border wall?
(Former President) Donald Trump
The Mexican Revolution happened in what decade?
A) 1910´s
B) 1920´s
C) 1900´s
D) 1890´s
A) 1910´s
Mexico refused an American offer to purchase which two states?
California, New Mexico
The U.S.-Mexico border we know today formed after what war?
The Mexican-American War
Who was the Mexican revolutionary who led the raid on Columbus, New Mexico?
Pancho Villa
1,000 miles of new wall as high as 55 feet was originally claimed to cost only about __ billion dollars
A) 21
B) 17.5
C) 18
D) 18.5
C) 18
The Chinese Exclusion Act of ____
1882
Did Mexico declare war on the U.S.?
No. The U.S. declared war on Mexico
The border originally moved west from El Paso on a straight line to the Gila River and then on another straight line to the Pacific Ocean _____ of San Diego.
A) North
B) East
C) West
D) South
D) South
Restrictions on the movement of Mexican citizens were not particularly enforced by the U.S. government until the decade of what event?
The Mexican Revolution
In 2016 approximately 11.6 million Mexican immigrants resided in the United States. How many of them were residing in the United States illegally?
A) Roughly three-fourths
B) Around one-third
C) About one-half
C) About one-half
American forces captured the Mexican capital in which month of 1847?
September
How much of its territory did Mexico agree to sell to the U.S. for $15 million?
More than a third OR more than half a million square miles
The joint _____ commission underestimated the cost and time it would take to complete the project.
A) Border
B) Boundary
C) Territory
B) Boundary
Who passed the bill H.R 4437?
A) U.S. House of Representatives
B) U.S. Senate
C) Both
A) U.S House of Representatives
How much money did Congress contribute to the project involving the construction of a wall on the southern border in 2018?
$1.6 billion
What year did the Gadsden Purchase happen?
1853
After Mexico refused an American offer to purchase two states, 4,000 troops were dispatched into land claimed by _______________________
The U.S. and Mexico
A team of surveyors, soldiers and officials from both countries staked out the border from ______ to _______.
El Paso, Tijuana
What would the bill known as H.R. 4437 do if it was in effect?
Increase U.S. military power and presence on the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as increasing federal power in the legal immigration process.
Name three presidents who sent the National Guard to assist with border security.
(Former President) Donald Trump, (Former President) Barack Obama, (Former President) George W. Bush
Name the treaty and year the treaty was established, in which Mexico formally recognized the American annexation of Texas.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848