The War With Mexico
Which U.S president was on a pledge to enlarge the countries territory in 1844.
1. President Donald Trump
2. President George Washington
3. President Barack Obama
4. President James Polk
4. President James Polk
The modern border took shape following the
______- ______ War.
Mexican-American war.
there were no ______ limits on immigration from Mexico.
Federal
An analysis by independent experts estimates the cost of the wall to be $__billion.
1. 35
2. 18
3. 75
4. None of the above
4. None of the above. The answer is 40 billion dollars.
The border between the United States and Mexico stretches for nearly ____miles.
1. 500
2. 2,000
3. 130,000
4. None of the above
2. 2,000
Polk dispatched how many troops into land claimed by both countries.
1. 3000
2. 4000
3. 1000
4. 6000
2. 4000
When was the Gadsden Purchase made?
1. 1853
2. 1878
3. 1898
4. 1903
1. 1853
What did the United States Following Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's deadly raid on what city, in New Mexico
Columbus
Trump has claimed that 1,000 miles of new wall as high as __ feet tall.
1. 60
2. 35
3. 55
4. 45
3. 55
It extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the _____ _____.
Pacific Ocean
When Mexico refused an American offer to purchase California and New Mexico for __ million dollars.
$30 million.
A team of ______ , soldiers and officials from both countries staked out the border from El Paso to Tijuana.
surveyors
Citizens from both countries passed _____ across the border.
The centerpiece of President Donald Trump's immigration plan is the construction of an "_______, physical, tall, powerful, _____, southern border wall.
impenetrable, beautiful
Name 2 things the U.S. Border Patrol utilizes to monitor the boundary.
Thousands of cameras
Underground sensors
Aircraft
Drones
Boats
How much of Mexicos land did they agree to sell for 15 million dollars to the United States?
1/3
Not until the late ____s did the boundary commission complete its work.
1850s
Following Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's deadly raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in what year.
1916
How much did congress contribute to the project?
$1.6 billion was contributed.
Approximately how many miles of barbed wire, chain link, post-and-rail and wire mesh fencing has been erected along the U.S.-Mexico border.
700 miles
Under what treaty in 1848 did Mexico formally recognized the American annexation of Texas.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Following what purchase in did the borders of Arizona and New Mexico move farther south from the Gila River.
Gadsden Purchase
The Secure Fence Act of what year authorized the construction of 700 miles of border fencing and vehicle barriers.
2006
Approximately how many Mexican immigrants resided in the United States in 2016
11.6 million
After winning its independence from Spain in ____, Mexico stretched as far north as the Oregon Territory.
1821