Transcript 13-3 The War With Mexico

The War with Mexico
The United States Expanded its Territory
westward to Stretch from the Atlantic to
Pacific Ocean
Key Vocabulary and Key People
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Key Terms
Manifest Destiny
Bear Flag Revolt
Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Mexican Cession
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Key People
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
Manifest Destiny’s Child
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The United States looked to settle the land in the
west though it was occupied by other people
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John O’Sullivan said it was Manifest Destiny for the
United States to stretch from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Ocean
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When James K. Polk Became President in 1844
manifest destiny would become US Political Policy
Polk a dots
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In looking to complete Manifest Destiny, Polk
looked to take over all of the Oregon Territory
from Great Britain
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The United States would set the Boundary of
Canada at the 49th parallel and control the
territory to the south of the line
This Means War!!
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While avoiding war in Oregon War with Mexico was brewing
over the territory of Texas
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The Southern Border in Mexico was split by 100 miles and
thousands of miles were at stake in finding an agreement
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Looking to settle the dispute peacefully, Polk sent John
Slidell to offer 25 million dollars to Mexico for California,
Texas, and New Mexico
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When Mexico disagreed Polk sent Zachary Taylor to the Rio
Grande and Mexico sent soldiers to ambush the US troops
killing or wounding 16 troops
Civil War Foreshadowing
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When News of the Attack made it to Washington, congress
would declare war on Mexico
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The war would split the United states with Abraham Lincoln
from Illinois and The Northeast and west Questioning the war
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The South looked at Mexican Territory as a way to increase the
Slave States
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Frederick Douglass would try to spread the abolition movement
to Mexican Lands
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The war in Mexico would begin in May 1846 with many
Americans thinking it would be a quick and easy war
San Francisco….Here I Come
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General Stephen Kearny would be sent to occupy New Mexico
as war spread across the Santa Fe Trail
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Kearny would take New Mexico without firing a bullet and
moved to a lesser populated California
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During the Bear Flag Revolt John C. Fremont would Arrest
the Mexican Commander in the North and Declare California
a part of the United States
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US Forces would reach California in the Fall and control the
entire state
South of the Border….Down Mexico
Way
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American Forces would invade Mexico from Two Directions
and General Taylor met General Santa Anna at Buena Vista
in the North
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After Two Bloody Days of Fighting Santa Anna would retreat
ending the war in the North
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In the South, Troops led by General Winfield Scott would
reach Mexico City at the castle of Chapultepec
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Though Resistance was fierce Mexico City would Fall to Scott
in September 1847
Vacation Spots
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Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the Border of
Texas was set at The Rio Grande River
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The United States also received Mexican Cession
including California, Nevada, Utah, Most of Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming
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One Half of Mexico would be Lost and Mexico felt
the United States had provoked the war to take the
land
Dude Ranch
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The US would pay Mexico 15 Million Dollars and pay the 3.25
million dollars in claims US Citizens had in the region
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The United States also agreed to Protect the 80,000 Mexicans
in the Region
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Mexican Settlers were now a Minority and were out of place
in the new Country
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The Mexican Settlers would teach the US how to develop the
land for farming, ranching and mining creating a new
blended Southwestern Culture
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
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The United States would complete the United
States with the Gadsden Purchase for 10
million dollars
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The Land would be used to complete the
transcontinental railroad in the southwest
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