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What Mexico Lost To America – After the Mexican–American War!

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Hi. In this quiz, we examine how Mexico lost a vast area of its territory after the US forced upon Mexico a treaty to end the Mexican-American War in exchange for these Mexican territories. As such, the aftermath of the Mexican–American War changed forever the face, size, shape, and future of the United States.

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1. American Studies, USA: (Part 1) – “In God We Trust”

2. American Studies, USA: (Part 2) – “In Search of America”

3. American Studies, USA: (Part 3) – “Living in America”

4. AmericanStudies, USA: (Part 4) – “Born in the USA”

5. American Studies, USA (Part 5) – “How Manifest Destiny led to the Mexican–American War.”

6. American Studies, USA (Part 6) – “The Mexican–American War”

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  • Question of

    At the end of the Mexican-American War, the US forced Mexico through a treaty to give up all its claims to a disputed territory, that today forms; which US state?

    • Georgia
    • Louisana
    • North Carolina
    • Texas
  • Question of

    At the end of the Mexican-American War, the US forced Mexico to accept a payment of millions of dollars, in exchange for, how many square miles of Mexico’s territory?

    • 115,000 square miles
    • 225,000 square miles
    • 415,000 square miles
    • 525,000 square miles
  • Question of

    After the Mexican-American War, the US forced Mexico to sell to it a vast area of its territory (larger than the size of Peru); in exchange for a US payment, of how many millions of US dollars?

    • $15 million
    • $150 million
    • $300 million
    • $750 million
  • Question of

    After the Mexican-American War, which one of the following future US States was not part of the vast territory of land ceded by (and lost by) Mexico, to the US?

    • California
    • Oregon
    • Nevada
    • New Mexico
  • Question of

    After the Mexican-American War, which one of the following future US States was not part of the vast territory of land ceded by (and lost by) Mexico, to the US?

    • Arizona
    • Colorado
    • Florida
    • Utah
  • Question of

    After the Mexican-American War, which one of the following future US States was not part of the vast territory of land ceded by (and lost by) Mexico, to the US?

    • Kansas
    • Montana
    • Oklahoma
    • Wyoming
  • Question of

    After the end of the Mexican-American War, the US forced Mexico through a treaty to cede to the US a vast territory of land which reduced the size of Mexico by more than half.

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    After huge areas of Mexico was ceded and incorporated into the United States, what rights were given to Mexico’s White Hispanic (Spanish) residents, and Mexico’s Native Indians who were living on these annexed lands?

    • Full US citizenship was given to both the Hispanic (White Spanish) residents and the Native Mexican Indians.
    • No US citizenship was given to both the Hispanic (White Spanish) residents and the Native Mexican Indians.
    • The White Hispanic residents were given full US citizenship and the Mexican Indians became American Indians.
    • The White Hispanic residents and the Mexican Indians were given the rights of American Indians.
  • Question of

    What was the name of the US treaty that ended the Mexican–American War; and forced Mexico to cede, and sell a vast area of its territory?

    • The Treaty of Buena Vista
    • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    • The Treaty of Mexico City
    • The Treaty of Veracruz
  • Question of

    After the Mexican–American War, which US political party wanted the US to annex (and incorporate) all of Mexico and its people into the United States?

    • The Democrats
    • The Federalists
    • The Republicans
    • The Whigs
  • Question of

    After the Mexican–American War, why did the US Southerners reject the idea of the US annexing and incorporating all of Mexico and its millions of people into the United States?

    • Because this would undermine the Monroe Doctrine that European nations should not colonise any part of the American continent.
    • Because this would undermine the number of Protestants in the United States as Mexico was predominantly Catholic, having been colonised by Spain.
    • Because this would undermine their racist false belief that the United States demography was an exclusively ‘white’ republic.
  • Question of

    How many major battles did the US lose during the Mexican-American War?

    • Five
    • Nine
    • None
    • Two

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