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Mexican American War
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- 1What caused the Mexican American War?- 1845: U.S. annexed Texas; border dispute on where Texas ended and Mexico began
- Americans believed in Manifest Destiny
- Californian residents were unhappy with Mexico's rule. Polk offered to buy California; mexico refused
- Polk ordered troops to go to disputed border and a battle ensued; Polk claimed that Mexico started the war - 2What were the effects of Mexican American War?- U.S. divided; Southwest favored the move, Whigs saw the war as greedy land grabbing
- Belief of Manifest Destiny helped gain support, but abolitionists warned it would result in more slave states
- Mexico's lack of modern weapons led to Mexico's defeat even with more soldiers
- Treaty of Guadalupe HIdalgo: Texas has Rio Grande has boundaries, U.S. gets California and New Mexico (U.S. extends to the pacific)
-Disputes on slave states and free states - 3What is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?The treaty at the end of the Mexican-American War. Defined Texas' boundaries at the Rio Grande, California and New Mexico went to America
- 4What is Wilmont Proviso?A proposed bill that said any territory gained from the Mexican American war to be admitted as slave states. It failed, but led to intense debates
- 5May 13. 1846Polk states to Congress that Mexico “invaded our territory and shed American blood on American soil.”
- 6February 2, 1848Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Signed
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