About the border
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 authorized the construction of 700 miles of border fencing and vehicle barriers. Work was completed in ____.
2011
How much land did the US purchase from mexico?
More than half a million square miles
It was Chinese immigrants, not Mexicans, that the United States first sought to keep from illegally crossing its southern border after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of ____?
1882
In March 2018, Congress contributed only _____ to the project.
$1.6 billion
Not until the ____________ did the boundary commission complete its work.
late 1850s
A team of surveyors, soldiers and officials from both countries staked out the border from ______ to _____.
El Paso to Tijuana.
In the decades following the Mexican-American War, there were ________________________________.
A.) no federal limits on immigration from Mexico.
C.) no state laws on immigration from Mexico.
no federal limits on immigration from Mexico.
The United States began the installation of border fences to restrict _________ and ______.
the movement of unlawful immigrants and drugs
Trump has claimed that 1,000 miles of new wall as high as 55 feet tall, running through remote, mountainous terrain, can be built for ______.
$18 billion
Where did the soldiers and officials stakeout the border?
A.) El Paso to Tijuana
B.) El Savador to ohio
C.) florida
D.) New mexico to California
El Paso to Tijuana.
what was the estimated cost of the border wall according to independent experts?
A.) 55 billion
B.) 1.6 billion
C.) 40 billion
D.) 18 billion
C.) 40 billion
The modern border took shape _______________________. While the Rio Grande formed the dividing line between _____ and _____
following the Mexican-American War.
Texas and Mexico
The border between the United States and Mexico stretches for nearly 2,000 miles. It extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, and touches the states of _____,_______,_______and_____.
California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Approximately ______ Mexican immigrants resided in the United States in 2016, about half of them in the country illegally.
11.6 million
Who captured the White House in 1844?
U.S. President James K. Polk
When did President Bill Clinton ordered the construction of a 14-mile barrier between San Diego and Tijuana?
1993
The newly acquired territory would encompass all or most of the future states of ___________.
Name 3 of the 9 states.
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah, as well as portions of present-day Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Who was the US president in 1844?
A.) President Ratatouille B. Monk
B.) President John F. Kennedy
C.) President James K. Polk
B.) President Herbert V. Hoover
C.) President James K. Polk
Efforts to reform border and immigration policy sparked protests after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4437 in ____________.
December 2005.
Mexico stretched as far north as the ______. The secession of Texas in ______, however, marked the beginning of the loss of Mexican territory that would become the present-day U.S. Southwest.
Oregon Territory,1836
what was the border first used for in 1909?
to stop the trans-border movement of cattle.
After what did the United States declare war on Mexico? Extra 100 points if you can name when (the year)
A.) Following a Mexican cavalry attack
B.) Capturing the white house
C.) when they elected a new president
Following a Mexican cavalry attack
April 25, 1846 Or 1846
What happend to the border in 1916?
In 1916, the United States tightened border security. Soldiers began patrolling the boundary, along with the Texas Rangers and government-sanctioned "home guards."
Trump was not the first U.S. president to take such a step. Both ___________and______________ also sent the National Guard to assist with border security.
George W. Bush and Barack Obama
What physically stops people from coming through?
Approximately 700 miles of _________________ has been erected along the U.S.-Mexico border. The U.S. Border Patrol also utilizes thousands of _____ and ______ as well as ______, _____ and ____ to monitor the boundary.
Name 3 out of 11
boats,drones,aircraft,underground sensors,cameras,barbed wire, chain link, post-and-rail and wire mesh fencing