Mexican American War notes

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Hope King

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Where was the traditional southern border of Texas?

Brazos River

Nueces River

Rio Grande

Red River

Multiple Choice

What document created the Texas claim to a border at the Rio Grande?

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty of Velasco

Multiple Choice

Whose election pushed forward the Annexation of Texas?

Zachary Taylor

John Tyler

James K. Polk

William Henry Harrison

Multiple Choice

Who was ordered to lead an army into the Nueces Strip?

Zachary Taylor

Winfield Scott

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Multiple Choice

Which fort was constructed opposite Matamoros, eventually becoming Fort Brown and Brownsville?

Fort Sumter

Fort Polk

Fort Texas

Fort Hood

Multiple Choice

Where was the first blood of the Mexican-American War spilled?

Resaca de la Palma

Rancho Carricitos

Fort Texas

Monterrey, Mexico

Multiple Choice

Which was the first battle of the Mexican-American War?

Cerro Gordo

Resaca de la Palma

Fort Brown

Palo Alto

Multiple Choice

Who said, "Mexico has …invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil"?

James K. Polk

Zachary Taylor

Windield Scott

Abraham Lincoln

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Who demanded that the "spot" where "American blood was shed upon the American soil" be shown to be American soil?

James K. Polk

Zachary Taylor

Windield Scott

Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the American officer killed at Palo Alto, who invented "Flying Artillery"?

Seth Thornton

Ulysses S. Grant

Samuel Ringgold

John Brown

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