Important People
Who was the 11th president of the United States?
Who is James K. Polk?
In 1845, the U.S. did this to Texas, which means it added the state to the Union.
a. succeeded
b. taxed
c. taxed
What is annexed?
How did most American soldiers die during the Mexican-American War from this?
What is disease?
Who won the election of 1848?
Who was Zachary Taylor?
Who was the Spanish-speaking emissary that Polk sent to Mexico?
(Hint: Mexican officials refused to receive him.)
Who is John Slidell?
What made thousands of people migrate to California in 1850?
What is the California Gold Rush?
Who urged the war?
Who is James Polk?
What was Stephen Kearney's nickname?
What is The Long Marcher?
Who was the General that led the American-Mexican War?
Who is Zachary Taylor?
What were the prospectors that migrated to California in 1849 during the Gold Rush called?
What is the Forty-niners?
What was the name of the Treaty that finally ended the war?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Fill in the blank:
It was hard for Americans to convert to Catholicism because they were mostly__________.
What is Protestant?
One of the nations best officers and a West Point graduate is ______________.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee?
A ruler who uses unrestricted control is called_________.
What is a dictator?
Why did Mexico send troops across the Rio Grande River?
What is to respond to Taylor's invasion?
Which Captains were both West Point graduates?
Who were Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant?
An American army general who fought in the Mexican-American War is __________.
Who is Winfield Scott?
What was the philosophy of American expansion across all U.S. territories?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What was the name of the agreement in which the U.S. was required to pay $10 million dollars for square mile portions of Mexico?
(This later became part of Arizona and New Mexico)
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Place the following events in order from left to right:
A) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B) Battle of the Alamo
C) Texas becomes a U.S. state
a. A, C, B
b. B, C, A
c. C, B, A
d. B, A, C
What is choice b (B, C, A)?