Transcript Slide 1 - Lancaster City Schools

Which statement best describes the reason for the
Texas Revolution:
a. Mexico passed high tariffs on the Texans
b. Texans were forced to grow food crops instead of
cotton
c. The United States government sent secret
agents into Texas to cause trouble
d. Texans did not want to follow Mexican laws &
culture
Look at the map on page 431.
Why does the map suggest that tensions between Texas and
Mexico would continue after the war?
Who Am I?
Who am I?
Hints:
Born in North Carolina
In a log cabin!
Oldest of ten children
Could barely read or write until age 18
Had a mullet!
A Democrat
Served in United States Congress
Served as governor of Tennessee
A “One And Done” (1 term) U.S. president
Accomplished every goal that he established as president!
One of the most successful American Presidents & Mr. Z’s favorite
They Might Be Giants wrote a song about him
And now . . .
Mr. James K. Polk
by “They Might Be Giants”
James K. Polk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
StTiCU_fqCg
Who? Who is James K. Polk?
asked Henry Clay p. 433
James K. Polk
Ch. 13.3 Read, “One American’s Story”
1844 Election Results
Goals of Polk’s Administration
1. Lower the tariff.
2. Resolve the Oregon boundary
dispute.
3. Restore the independent treasury.
4. Acquire California.
Ch. 13.3
Today’s Learning Targets:
Define Manifest Destiny
Explain the cause & effects of the Mexican War
Define Manifest Destiny?
The belief the United States was
meant to expand from coast to coast
Define Annexation – to make a region
or territory part of a nation.
“Manifest Destiny”
“Our manifest destiny [is] to
overspread and possess the whole
of the continent which Providence
[God] has given us for the
development of the great experiment
of liberty and . . . self-government.”
John O’Sullivan, editor
United States Magazine
and Democratic Review,
1845
American Progress
by John Gast, 1876
Our “Destiny”. . . And crown thy good with
brotherhood from Sea to Shining Sea
(through peace or war!)
Read Ch. 13.3, place the events below in the correct
position on the sequence diagram
2.
U.S. & Britain agree
to divide Oregon.
5.
1.
3.
Mexican military unit
crosses the Rio Grande
and ambushes U.S. forces
Mexico City falls to Winfield Scott;
U.S. wins the war with Mexico
Congress admits
Texas to the Union;
Mexico view this
annexation as an
act of war
4.
General Zachary Taylor
leads U.S. forces into
Mexico
Read about the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
& list 4 effects of the treaty on Mexico & the
United States:
1. on Mexico
Recognizes Texas as part of the U.S.
2. on Mexico
Agrees to give up the Mexican Cession
3. on Mexico
Agrees to Rio Grande River as U.S./Mexico
border
4. on United States
Promises to protect Mexicans in Texas &
the Mexican Cession
Study the map on p. 430. About how much larger does the United States
become as a result of adding Texas and the Mexican Cession?
Mexican Cession
California
Texas
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
What present-day states were formed from these areas?
And now . . . The Real “Prize”
CALIFORNIA
Overland Immigration to the West
 Between 1840 and
1860, more than
250,000 people
made the trek
westward.
The Slidell Mission: Nov., 1845
 Mexican recognition of the
Rio Grande River as the
border between TX & Mex.
 US would purchase the New
Mexico area for $5,000,000.
 US would buy entire
California & TX for $25 mil.
 Mexico refused to
negotiate
John Slidell
The Mexican War (1846-1848)
General Zachary Taylor at Palo Alto
“Old Rough and Ready”
The Bombardment of Vera Cruz
General Scott Enters Mexico City
“Old Fuss and Feathers”
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848
 Mexico gave up claims to Texas north of
the Rio Grande River.
 Mexico gave the U. S. California and New
Mexico.
 U. S. gave Mexico $15,000,000 for the
entire Area of California, Texas, & New
Mexico
Study the map on p. 410. About how much larger does the United States
become as a result of adding Texas and the Mexican Cession?
Mexican
Cession
What present-day states were formed from these areas?
Results of the Mexican War?
1. The 17-month war cost $100,000,000 and
13,000+ American lives (mostly of disease).
2. New territories were brought into the Union
which forced the explosive issue of SLAVERY to
the center of national politics.
* Brought in 1 million sq. mi. of land (incl. TX)
3. These new territories would upset the balance
of power between North and South.
4. Created two popular Whig generals
who ran for President.
5. Manifest Destiny partially realized.
The Bear Flag Republic
The Revolt  June 14, 1845
John C. Frémont
The Oregon Dispute: 54’ 40º or Fight!
 By the mid1840s,
“Oregon Fever”
was
spurred on by
the
promise of free
land.
 The joint BritishU. S.
occupation
ended in
1846.