Mexican-American War AP History Quiz: Test Your Knowledge

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🗓️ Dates: 1846-1848
• 🗺️ Territories Involved: United States, Mexico
• 🤝 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848): Ended the war; Mexico ceded California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming to the U.S.
• 🔑 Key Causes: Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, Border Disputes
• ⚔️ Major Battles: Battle of the Alamo, Battle of Buena Vista, Battle of Chapultepec
• ⭐ Key Figures: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Antonio López de Santa Anna
• 💰 Gadsden Purchase (1854): U.S. purchased additional land from Mexico.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following was a primary cause of the Mexican-American War?
   1. A) The United States' desire to acquire Florida
   2. B) Disputes over the Texas border
   3. C) Mexican interference in Californian politics
   4. D) British support for Mexican expansion


2. What treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War?
   1. A) Treaty of Paris
   2. B) Treaty of Ghent
   3. C) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
   4. D) Adams-Onís Treaty


3. Which U.S. President is most associated with the Mexican-American War?
   1. A) John Tyler
   2. B) James K. Polk
   3. C) Millard Fillmore
   4. D) Franklin Pierce


4. What concept, popular in the United States during the 1840s, fueled the desire for westward expansion?
   1. A) Isolationism
   2. B) Manifest Destiny
   3. C) Popular Sovereignty
   4. D) Abolitionism


5. Which future U.S. President gained prominence as a general during the Mexican-American War?
   1. A) Ulysses S. Grant
   2. B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
   3. C) Zachary Taylor
   4. D) Andrew Jackson


6. In what year did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially conclude the Mexican-American War?
   1. A) 1845
   2. B) 1846
   3. C) 1847
   4. D) 1848


7. What present-day U.S. state was NOT part of the territory ceded by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
   1. A) California
   2. B) Arizona
   3. C) Oregon
   4. D) New Mexico