Mexican American War MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Did the Wilmot Proviso pass?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. What famous general led the Mexican Army?

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

6. What peace treaty ended the war?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What was the object of the Wilmot Proviso?

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

15. What was the treaty that ended the war?

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

16. When was the Mexican-American war fought?

1. 1865 to 1871
2. 1812 to 1814
3. 1846 to 1848
4. 1802 to 1804

17. Which city remained a Mexican possession after the end of the war?

1. Albuquerque
2. San Diego
3. Tucson
4. Corpus Christi

18. Which future U.S. president did not fight in the war?

1. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Franklin Pierce
3. Millard Fillmore
4. Zachary Taylor

19. Which of these best describes the U.S. political parties stances on the war?

1. Supported by Whigs and southern Democrats; opposed by northern Democrats
2. Supported by Democrats and northern Whigs; opposed by southern Whigs
3. Supported by Democrats, opposed by Whigs
4. Supported by Whigs, opposed by Democrats

20. Who commanded the U.S. forces that captured Monterrey?

1. Albert Sidney Johnston
2. Zachary Taylor
3. Winfield Scott
4. Zebulon Pike

21. Who commanded the U.S. forces that captured Santa Fe?

1. William Tecumseh Sherman
2. Stephen Watts Kearny
3. Jefferson Davis
4. Robert E. Lee

22. Who commanded the U.S. forces that captured Veracruz and Mexico City?

1. Joseph E. Johnston
2. Winfield Scott
3. Franklin Pierce
4. John J. Pershing

23. Who described the war as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation?

1. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Henry David Thoreau
3. Emily Dickinson
4. James Buchanan

24. Who was the first President of Texas?

1. James K. Polk
2. Ulysses S. Grant
3. Sam Houston
4. Santa Anna

25. Who was the leader of Mexico during most of the war?

1. Benito Juarez
2. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
3. Maximilian I
4. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

26. Who was the U.S. president during the Mexican-American War?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. James K. Polk
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. John Adams