MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Rio Grande
|
|
|
Nueces
|
|
|
Mississippi
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -However, the boundary between Texas and Mexico was disputed, with the Republic of Texas and the U.S. asserting it to be the Rio Grande and Mexico claiming it to be the more-northern Nueces River.
Detailed explanation-2: -But when Texas moved its militia into disputed territory west of the Nueces River, thereby staking a claim to the Rio Grande as its southern border, Mexico responded by breaking off diplomatic relations with the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico, who refused to formally recognize Texas’ independence in the first place, pushed back against Texas’ desire to set their Republic’s border at the Río Grande. Mexico contested that Texas had to move the line back to the Nueces River, which runs through modern day Corpus Christi.
Detailed explanation-4: -On May 12, 1846, the United States Senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico. President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande.