The Border
The border between the United States and Mexico stretches for nearly ____ miles
2,000 Miles
A team of surveyors, from Mexico and USA. Surveyed the border of ____ to Tijuana. Not until the late 1850s did the boundary commission complete its work.
El Paso
U.S. President James K. ___ captured the White House in 1844 on a pledge to enlarge U.S. territory.
Polk
When Mexico refused an American offer to purchase ______ and ________for $30 million
California, New Mexico
Citizens from both countries passed freely across the border. It was ______ 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
Chinese
the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry erected the first fence along the frontier in 1909 to stop the trans-border movement of ____.
cattle
The joint boundary commission underestimated the cost and time required to complete the U.S.-Mexico border survey. What was one of their major challenges?
Underestimating the difficulty of the terrain
Polk dispatched ____ troops into land claimed by both countries.
4000
Mexico also agreed to sell more than one-third of its territory. For $__ million.
$15 million
Efforts to reform border and immigration policy sparked protests after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in December 2005. This bill, known as the _____ Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005,
Border
The United States began the installation of border fences to restrict the movement of unlawful immigrants and drugs in 1993 when President ___ _____ ordered the construction of a 14-mile barrier between San Diego and Tijuana.
Bill Clinton
After a series of bloody battles and sieges, American forces captured the Mexican capital in _______1847.
September
Relations with Mexico deteriorated after the United States annexed ____ in 1845.
Texas
United States purchased more than a ___ million square miles of formerly Mexican land.
Half
Approximately __ million Mexican immigrants resided in the United States in 2016, about half of them in the country illegally,
11 million
Name three of the four main types of technology the U.S. Border Patrol use, aside from fences, to monitor the U.S.-Mexico border?
Cameras, drones, underground sensors, and boats
Following the ______ Purchase of 1853, the borders of Arizona and New Mexico moved farther south from the Gila River.
Gadsden
Before dispatching 4,000 troops to disputed territory, President Polk made an offer to purchase which two regions from Mexico for $30 million?
California and New Mexico
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 moved the southern borders of which two states farther south?
Arizona and New Mexico
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4437 in 2005, a bill related to border protection and immigration reform. What was the main criticism of this bill from civil rights groups?
It restricted access to services and reduced due process protections for immigrants.
The ____ _____ ___ of 2006 authorized the construction of 700 miles of border fencing and vehicle barriers. Work was completed in 2011.
Secure Fence Act
After Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, how far did Mexico stretch?
Mexico stretched as far north as the Oregon Territory.
How did the annexation of Texas in 1845 contribute to the Mexican-American War?
It led to deteriorated relations with Mexico and set the stage for military conflict over disputed territory.
When Mexico refused to sell California and New Mexico for $30 million, President Polk responded by sending troops into which disputed area between the Rio Grande and another river?
The Nueces River
Following Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's deadly raid on ________, New Mexico, in 1916, the United States tightened border security. Soldiers began patrolling the boundary,
Columbus