The Mexican-American War

Question 1

The Gadsden Purchase (1853)

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completed the continental expansion of the United States.; paid Mexico $10 million.; acquired land for a southern railroad.

Question 2

The land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase became part of ✔ Arizona and New MexicoNew Mexico and ColoradoColorado and Wyoming.

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✔ Arizona and New Mexico

Question 3

What consequences did you include in your response?

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The United States greatly expanded its territory.

Question 4

Many people, including Abraham Lincoln, believed that Polk started the war in order to ✔ annex Californiaannex Texasstop the spread of slavery.

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✔ annex California

Question 5

When was the Wilmot Proviso first brought up in Congress?

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just after the war started

The Mexican-American War Answers