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What state did the US annex in 1845?
Bonus: Define annex
Relations with Mexico deteriorated after the United States annexed Texas in 1845
Bonus: Add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation.
Following the Mexican - American War, what group did the US try to keep from illegally crossing the border?
Ⓐ Mexican people
Ⓑ Chinese people
Ⓒ Japanese people
Ⓓ Russian people
Ⓔ Martians
Ⓐ Mexican people
What US president declared war on Mexico?
Bonus: What did his opponents argue that he did?
President James K. Polk
Bonus: James K. Polk's opponents argued the president had goaded the Mexicans into the fight
Which of these presidents did not order the national guard to patrol the border?
Ⓐ Trump
Ⓑ Obama
Ⓒ James Polk
Ⓓ George Bush
Ⓒ James Polk
What percent of Mexican immigrants in 2016 were illegal immigrants, according to the Pew research center?
About half.
What river divides Mexico and Texas?
The Rio Grande
In the decades following the Mexican-American War, there were ___ federal limits on immigration from Mexico.
Ⓐ A lot
Ⓑ Some
Ⓒ A little bit
Ⓓ No
In the decades following the Mexican-American War, there were no federal limits on immigration from Mexico.
When did the U.S declare war on Mexico?
Hint: It was a Saturday.
April 25, 1846
What was the effect of the Mexican Revolution in relation to the U.S?
Large numbers of Mexican refugees came to the United States to escape the war at home.
When was the Mexican revolution?
Ⓐ 1941
Ⓑ 1914
Ⓒ 1910
Ⓓ 1821
Ⓔ: 756 B.C.
Ⓒ 1910
Following the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the borders of Arizona and New Mexico moved in what direction from the Gila River?
South
In 2006, did the Senate pass the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005?
In 2006, the Senate voted to not pass the bill.
How much money did the United States agree to give to Mexico in exchange for half a million square miles of land?
$15 million
According to the Mexican Government, will they be paying for the Mexican-US border.
No, the Mexican Government will not pay for the US-Mexican border.
What is the name of the treaty that recognized the US's annexation of Texas
Bonus: Define annexation
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Bonus: Add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation.
How many square miles of land did the United States purchase from Mexico for $15 million dollars?
Half a million
According to St. John, when was the first fence made on the United State's southern border with the purpose 'to stop the trans-border movement of cattle.'
1909
Who won the Mexican American War, what city was captured that made the war come to an end, and what month and year did the war end?
The United States, Mexico City, September 1847.
How much did independent experts say that a 1000 miles of a wall that is 55 feet tall would cost?
$40 billion
When did Mexico win its independence from Spain?
Ⓐ 1834
Ⓑ 1821
Ⓒ 1878
Ⓓ 1910
Ⓔ 1778
Ⓑ 1821
How many miles of fencing are on the U.S border?
Ⓐ: 700 miles
Ⓑ: 1000 miles
Ⓒ: 1500 miles
Ⓓ: 1700 miles
Ⓔ: 40295229 miles
Ⓐ: 700 miles
When did the United States tighten border security after Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's deadly raid on Columbus, New Mexico?
1916
When the US purchased land from Mexico, what states would soon be created from that territory?
The newly acquired territory would encompass all or most of the future states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah, as well as portions of present-day Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Kansas.
How much did Donald Trump claim that his plan to stop illegal immigration would cost?
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.
According to the Pew research center estimates, how many Mexican immigrants resided in the US in 2016?
11.6 million