Question

In asking Congress to declare war on Mexico in 1846, Polk charged that Mexico __________________________.

• A. Was threatening to support a huge slave insurrection in Texas.
• B. Had invaded Texas and killed Americans on American land.
• C. Had formed an alliance with Spain. which was in violation of the Monroe Doctrine.
• D. Was creating a coalition of Latin American nations in opposition to American actions.
• E. Deliberately undermined peace negotiations by demanding outrageous sums of money.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Had invaded Texas and killed Americans on American land.

U.S. annexed the land of Texas in 1845 and it officially belonged to U.S. In 1846 Mexico invaded Texas and this gave US president James Polk the need to go on war with Mexico. The Mexican-American War lasted for two years and was ended with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, under which Mexico ceded the territories of California and New Mexico to America.