The Border
Around how many miles does the U.S.-Mexican border stretch?
Around 2,000 miles.
There are approximately 700 miles of what along the border?
A. Barbed wire
B. Chain link
C. Post and rail
D. Wire mesh
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
When did the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act take place?
A. 1882
B. 1909
C. 1916
A. 1882
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It was _______ immigrants, not Mexicans, that the United States first sought to keep from illegally crossing its southern border.
Chinese
The modern border took shape after what?
The Mexican-American War.
Where does the border start and end?
From the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.
Around how many cameras do the U.S. Border Patrol use to monitor the border?
A. One
B. Hundreds
C. Thousands
D. None
C. Thousands
Why did the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry the first fence along the frontier in 1909?
To stop the trans-border movement of cattle.
What construction took place in 1993 between San Diego and Tijuana? How long was it?
A 14-mile barrier.
When did the boundary commission complete its work?
The late 1850s.
West of El Paso, Texas, what does the boundary lack?
Natural geographic barriers.
Name the 2 ways mentioned in the article that the U.S. Border Patrol monitors the boundary by air.
Aircraft and drones.
When did American forces capture the Mexican Capital?
September 1847.
Which President ordered the barrier construction in 1993?
President Bill Clinton.
When did the Gadsden Purchase take place?
1853
What river runs along 1,254 miles of the border?
The Rio Grande.
Which act in 2006 authorized the construction of 700 miles of border fencing and vehicle barriers?
The Secure Fence Act.
What year did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo take place?
1848
The U.S. tightened border security following what event? What year was this event?
The Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's deadly raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916.
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The borders of Arizona and ___ ______ moved farther south from the ____ _____.
New Mexico, Gila River.
Name at least 2 states the border touches.
California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Which 3 presidents sent the National Guard to assist with border security?
Former President Trump, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
What did the secession of Texas in mark in 1836?
It marked the beginning of the loss of Mexican territory that would become the present-day U.S. Southwest.
What is the bill H.R. 4437 known as?
Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.
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A team of _______, _______ and ________ from both countries staked out the border from El Paso to _______.
Surveyors, soldiers, Tijuana.