The Mexican War

Answer the questions on your own paper using complete sentences.

1. What is Manifest Destiny?
2. What was the original cause of the struggle between the United States and Mexico?
3. When did Texas declare independence from Mexico?
4. Why was Sam Houston important to Texas Independence?
5. Why was Stephen Austin important to Texas?
6. What three things did the Mexican government ask the Texans to do?
7. What did the Mexican government abolish that upset the Texans?
8. How did the War with Mexico begin? (Read the third paragraph)
9. Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and what role did he play in the Mexican War?
10. Where was the first major action of the war fought?
11. What was the result of the Battle of San Jacinto?
12. When did Texas become a territory of the United States?
13. What role did James K. Polk play during the Mexican War?
14. What event took place that encouraged both sides to talk peace?
15. Why was Henry David Thoreau against the Mexican War and how did he show it?
16. Why did Abraham Lincoln oppose the Mexican War? (Read the section Lawyer and U.S. Representative)
17. What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?
18. What states became part of the United States after the Mexican Cession?
19. What was the Gadsden Purchase and how much was paid for the land?
20. Why is the Mexican War an example of manifest destiny?