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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848. CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR. a major cause was “Manifest Destiny” (the belief that the U.S. had a God-given right to expand the country’s borders from the Atlantic to Pacific). Causes of the Mexican War.

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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848

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  1. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848

  2. CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR • a major cause was “Manifest Destiny” (the belief that the U.S. had a God-given right to expand the country’s borders from the Atlantic to Pacific)

  3. Causes of the Mexican War • Another reason of the war was the Annexation of Texas as 28th state • Boundary dispute: US supported Texas claim that the Rio Grande River while Mexico claimed the boundary at the Nueces River • President Polk ordered General Taylor to the Rio Grande River. President Polk

  4. Causes of the Mexican War • U.S. President James Polk also demanded that Mexico pay for damages to property in Texas. • U.S. President Polk sent John Slidell to Mexico to negotiate, but Mexico refused to talk

  5. EVENTS OF MEXICAN WAR • Gen. Taylor refused to move troops east of Nueces River. • On April 25, 1846, Mexican troops attack. • May 13, 1846: outbreak of Mexican War.

  6. U.S. VICTORY • General Taylor led an offensive into northern Mexico and captured victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista. • General Winfield Scott captured Mexico City in September 1847.

  7. MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848 • After only a few months of fighting, the U.S. had gained control of much of the territory north of Mexico City.

  8. TEXANS IN THE WAR Governor Henderson • 6000 Texans volunteered to fight including Governor James Pinckney Henderson and Mirabeau B. Lamar • Texans welcomed another chance to fight Santa Anna Mirabeau Lamar Santa Anna

  9. TEXANS IN THE WAR • Texas Rangers- many served as scouts; John Coffee Hays John “Rip” Ford

  10. EFFECTS OF THE WAR • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: U.S. acquired half of northern Mexico which became the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah • Mexico recognized the annexation of Texas and the Rio Grande as the border. • Mexico received $18.25 million for Land known as the Mexican Cession.

  11. EFFECTS OF THE MEXICAN WAR • Santa Anna lost power in Mexico after the war. • Gen. Taylor used his fame to win the Presidency of 1848. • Relations between Mexico and U.S. remained tense. • The war served as a training ground for men that would lead the armies of the Union and Confederacy during the American Civil War.

  12. UNITED STATES IN 1853

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