U.S.-Mexico Border
The Rio Grande formed the dividing line between which two Countries/states?
Texas and Mexico
Which U.S. president captured the White House in 1844 on a pledge to enlarge U.S. territory.
President James K. Polk
When did the Senate voted to not pass the bill.
In 2006
Was Trump the first U.S. president to take such a step.
Yes or No
No
How long is the United States-Mexico border?
Approximately 2,000 miles.
The modern border took shape following the...
Mexican-American War.
For how much did U.S. spend on + half a million square miles of formerly Mexican land.
$15 million
At that point, large numbers of _________ came to the United States to escape the war at home.
Mexican refugees
President Trump announced that he was ordering National Guard troops to patrol the border until further progress is made on construction of the wall.
In April 2018
How many states does the boarder touch.
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
3. 4
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Not until the late _____ did the boundary commission complete its work
1850s
When did the American forces captured the Mexican capital?
In September 1847.
What city and state did Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa's deadly raid on in 1916?
Columbus and New Mexico
What are three things that President Donald Trump want for the centerpiece of his immigration plan for the southern border wall.
1. Impenetrable
2. Physical
3. tall
4. Powerful
5. Beautiful
Who did the U.S. win its independence from in 1821?
Spain
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Following the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the borders of _____ and ________ moved farther south from the ________.
Arizona, New Mexico, Gila River
When did the Mexican cavalry attack?
On April 25, 1846
What policy did the U.S. first sought to keep immigrants from illegally crossing its southern border in 1882?
The Chinese Exclusion Act.
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 how much
$18 billion
Approximately how many Mexican immigrates resided in the United States in 2016?
11.6 million
A team of surveyors, soldiers and officials from both countries staked out the border from El Paso to where?
Tijuana.
Finish the sentence:
Under the _____ Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico formally recognized the American annexation of Texas.
1848
When did the United States began the installation of border fences to restrict the movement of unlawful immigrants and drugs.
In 1993
Fill in the blank
__________, Congress contributed only ________ to the project.
In March 2018, $1.6 billion
What state in 1836, however, marked the beginning of the loss of Mexican territory that would become the present-day U.S. Southwest
Texas