Question 1

What ended the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer

US giving up

Answer

Bear Flag Revolt

Answer

Gadsden Purchase

Question 2

Who won the Alamo?

Accepted Answer

Mexicans

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Americans

Answer

There was a truce

Question 3

Why did the US Presidents before Polk not want to add Texas to the Union?

Accepted Answer

They didn't want to upset the balance of Free vs. Slave States

Answer

They didn't want more Free States

Answer

They didn't want more land

Question 4

Why did Texas joining the Union make Mexico mad?

Accepted Answer

They felt it was "stolen" from them

Answer

They wanted to go to war

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They felt it should belong to Spain

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They felt it should belong to Europe

Question 5

Texas was annexed. What does annexation mean?

Accepted Answer

adding

Answer

stealing

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taking away

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bargaining

Question 6

What was a major cause of the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

territorial dispute

Answer

Texas being taken away from the US

Answer

Money

Question 7

Why did the Mexicans attack US troops?

Accepted Answer

The Mexicans felt that the disputed territory was theirs and the US wouldn't leave

Answer

The US attacked the Mexicans first

Answer

The Mexicans wanted to take on President Polk

Question 8

Why did Congress declare war on Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Americans felt that the Mexicans attacked them on their lands

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Americans wanted to take back California

Answer

Americans wanted to take back Texas

Question 9

What US General helped Californians who had already declared their independence from Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Kearney

Answer

President Polk

Answer

Winfield Scott

Answer

George Washington

Question 10

What is the land called that the US received in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Accepted Answer

Mexican Cession

Answer

No clue

Answer

Gadsden Purchase

Answer

Louisiana Purchase

Question 11

What was the recognized border of the US and Mexico AFTER the war?

Accepted Answer

Rio Grande

Answer

The Nueces River

Answer

There was no recognized border after the war

Question 12

What US General surprised Mexican troops and defeated them after the Alamo?

Accepted Answer

Sam Houston

Answer

Zachary Taylor

Answer

President Polk

Answer

Santa Anna

Question 13

How does Manifest Destiny play a role in the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

The US wanted to take all the land for themselves

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Europe wanted to take all of America's land

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Mexico felt that they deserved all of the US land

Question 14

Which one is obviously better? Canes or Chick-fil-A (According to Ms.Friedrich )

Accepted Answer

Canes

Answer

Chick-fil-A

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