Mexican American War MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. Did the Wilmot Proviso pass?

1. Passed in the House, failed in the Senate
2. Passed both houses of Congress; successfully vetoed by Polk
3. Passed over Polks veto
4. Failed in both houses of Congress

2. How much did the U.S. pay for the land they acquired from Mexico?

1. 1 million
2. 2 million
3. 15 million
4. 50 million

3. The Mexican-American war was mostly fought over what territory?

1. Arizona
2. Texas
3. California
4. New Mexico

4. What 1854 arrangement established the present U.S. - Mexico boundary?

1. Bretton Woods Agreement
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Treaty of Tlatelolco
4. Adams-Onís Treaty

5. What famous general led the Mexican Army?

1. Pancho Villa
2. Emiliano Zapata
3. Carranza
4. Santa Anna

6. What peace treaty ended the war?

1. Treaty of Mexico
2. Treaty of Texas
3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
4. Treaty of Peace

7. What relic of the war is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum?

1. Zachary Taylors glass eye
2. Philip Kearneys left arm
3. John C. Fremonts hook hand
4. Santa Annas prosthetic leg

8. What state came out of the land gained from the war and the treaty?

1. Nevada
2. California
3. Arizona
4. All of the above

9. What U.S. general captured Mexico City?

1. Zachary Taylor
2. Winfield Scott
3. Robert E. Lee
4. George Washington

10. What was the belief that the U.S. was intended by God to expand across North America?

1. Great Awakening
2. Free Soil
3. Transcendentalism
4. Manifest Destiny

11. What was the immediate reason for the U.S. declaration of war?

1. Mexican forces attacked Americans in disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande
2. The massacre of the defenders of the Alamo
3. The sinking of the battleship Maine in Veracruz Harbor
4. The deposition and execution of Mexican emperor Maximilian I

12. What was the land gained by the United States in the Mexican-American War called?

1. Mexican Cession
2. Confederation
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Southwest Confederacy

13. What was the Mormon Battalions most significant military action during the war?

1. Repulsed a flanking counterattack, preventing a rout at the battle of Churubusco
2. Fought off a herd of wild cattle on the San Pedro River in Arizona
3. Seized a bridge at Chapultepec before it could be destroyed by withdrawing Mexican forces
4. Carried out the first amphibious invasion of the war at Veracruz

14. What was the object of the Wilmot Proviso?

1. To establish English as the official language in all territory seized from Mexico
2. To require an oath of allegiance from all persons living in territory seized from Mexico
3. To ban slavery in territory seized from Mexico
4. To require Mexico to pay for a wall along the border

15. What was the treaty that ended the war?

1. Treaty of Tlatelolco
2. Treaty of Ghent
3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
4. Peace of Westphalia