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Texas and Oregon enter the Union
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President John Tyler urged
Congress to bring Texas into the
Union
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Mexico however never felt they
relinquished Texas to be
independent.
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The Senate votes down
annexation of Texas by vote of 3516 over fear of slavery
Election of 1844
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JAMES POLK said if elected
he would expand the U.S. into
Oregon and Texas
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Vowed to buy California from
Mexico
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He was elected in 1844 and
became our 11th President
The Oregon Question
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British claimed the Oregon Territory.
•
Polk argues that the United States has
clear and Unquestionable right to all
the Oregon Country as well as the
region north of the 49th Parallel,
Modern Day British Columbia.
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Battle cry “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”
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Argued that the United States should
control everything below 54 degrees
Four feet North Latitude.
The Oregon Question
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However most Americans didn’t want
another war against Britain.
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This agreement was made official in
the 1846 Oregon Treaty.
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The 49th parallel would split the
boundary between the United States
and Canada.
JAMES
POLK
11th President
of the United
States
1845-1849
What did James Polk
promise if he was
elected?
The Annexation of Texas
Mexico in 1845 still
disputes that Texas is
part of their country and
not the United States
The Annexation of Texas
• Mexico and the United
States also are in
dispute over the
southern border of
Texas
• Texas says Rio Grande
River, Mexico says
Nueces River
The U.S. offers to buy
Texas, California and
New Mexico for $25
million
Mexico says
no thanks
How did the U.S. try to
avoid war with Mexico
and still gain Texas,
California and New
Mexico?
War with Mexico
ZACHARY TAYLOR commands troops along
the Rio Grande River
Is involved in the first
battle of the Mexican
War
ZACHARY
TAYLOR
General in the
Mexican War
Later becomes
the 12th President
of the U.S.
1849-1850
War with Mexico
• The Mexican War started
with a battle near the Rio
Grande River
• President Polk states
that Mexico has invaded
the United States
How did the war with
Mexico start?
Bear Flag Republic
Americans in
California declared
themselves
independent of
Mexico and
created THE BEAR
FLAG REPUBLIC
(California)
The Peace Treaty
• TREATY OF
GUADALUPE
HIDALGO
• The treaty
that ends
the war with
Mexico
TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
• MEXICAN CESSION - the
area given up by Mexico to
the U.S. after the war includes present day states
of California, Nevada, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Wyoming
Why did the United States
annex Mexico and fight the
War with Mexico?