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H 4 Worksheet
Mexican War
1. Foreign policy is a selected ____________ ___ _____________ related to situations __________ ones own country that will determine ______________________ . 1-38
2. _______________ is a statement of basic
government policy.1-38
3. _______________ is to place a country
or area of land under the control of another countries. 1-39
4. __________ _____ is law that is
enforced by the military. 1-39
5. A ______ ________ is when government
gives land to individuals for purposes of ___________ or _____________________.
1-39
6. The Mexican government declared martial
law and tried to _____________ the Texans.
1-39
7. The US claimed that the US-Mexican
border was the __________________ river.
1-40
8. Mexico claimed that the border was the
____________ river, which was further ________________. 1-40
9. Texas was admitted into the Union in
______. 1-40
10.
The US objective was
to add the territories of ______ ______, _______________, and
___________________ to the United States.
1-40
11.
The standard
flintlock musket had been replaced by the ____________ _______________. 1-41
12.
These weapons
operated ___________ regardless of rain or snow. 1-41
13.
Troop shortages
occurred near the end of the war when their _________________ ___________. 1-42
14.
The Mexican War
ended with the signing of the Treaty of ____________ _________________ in
February 1848. 1-42
15.
The US acquired the
territories of the disputed _________, New Mexico, Arizona and California. 1-43
16.
The US victory was
credited to two factors:
A. The US had its first group of
__________ ___________ ____________ schooled at __________
___________________________. 1-43
B. Their leaders were supported by
____________ __________ _____________ and ______________. 1-43
17. The Western border of the US was extended to
the __________________ Ocean. 1-44