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The U.S.-Mexico War, contin ued

The U.S.-Mexico War, contin ued. October 25, 2011. Agenda for Today Review: Why War? 1800-1846 How did the war play out? 1846-1848 What were the war’s lasting consequences? Post-1848 Group Presentation. Why War? 1800-1846 At least three sides of the story: Mexicans U.S.-Americans

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The U.S.-Mexico War, contin ued

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  1. The U.S.-Mexico War, continued October 25, 2011

  2. Agenda for Today • Review: Why War? 1800-1846 • How did the war play out? 1846-1848 • What were the war’s lasting consequences? Post-1848 • Group Presentation

  3. Why War? 1800-1846 • At least three sides of the story: • Mexicans • U.S.-Americans • Native Americans

  4. The Mexican Side of the Story • Mexican Independence • Economic Devastation

  5. The Mexican Side of the Story • Mexican Independence • Economic Devastation • Inherited and New Dilemmas • How to Incorporate the Northern Territories? • How to Form A Nation?

  6. The U.S. Side of the Story Independence and Survival

  7. The U.S. Side of the Story Independence and Survival Slavery, Race, and Expansion

  8. “Young Texas in Repose”: An Abolitionist View of Texas, c. 1845

  9. The Native American Side of the Story Southwest is Indian-dominated Territory

  10. The Indian Southwest, c. 1800

  11. The Native American Side of the Story Southwest is Indian-dominated territory Peace Agreements from the late-1700s keep the Southwest relatively peaceful

  12. The Native American Side of the Story Southwest is Indian-dominated territory Peace Agreements from the late-1700s keep the Southwest relatively peaceful Devastating Mexican-Indian War after 1830

  13. Indian Raiding Routes “When they have reduced the settlements to the silence of deserts, this they call peace.” Matamoros newspaper, March 1, 1841

  14. Indians and the U.S.-Mexico War, c. 1846 Governor of Chihuahua: “Chihuahua has to defend itself against the four divisions of Comanches, their Kiowa allies, the several tribes of Apaches, and now the Anglo-American...” Governor of Durango: “And to think we owe all of this, to those infamous North American enemies who push the bloody hordes of savages upon us and direct their operations with unparalleled astuteness and ferocity.”

  15. Why War? • At least three sides of the story: • Mexicans • Americans • Native Americans

  16. The Outbreak of War The Republic of Texas Requests Annexation to the United States, 1845 Polk bullies Mexico into war

  17. Lecture Outline • Review: Why war? 1800-1846 • How did the war play out? 1846-1848 • What were the war’s consequences? Post-1848

  18. Three Arenas of War Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and California The advance on Central Mexico

  19. Three Arenas of War Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon

  20. Timeline of War

  21. The Battle of Palo Alto, May 1846

  22. Three Arenas of War Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and California

  23. The Occupation of Santa Fe, August 1846

  24. The Conquest of California, October 1846-January 1847

  25. Three Arenas of War Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and California The advance on Central Mexico

  26. The Veracruz Landing

  27. The Battle of Chapultepec, 1847

  28. Why did it turn out the way it did? Legacy of Indian Raids Divided loyalties in the North Internal Divisions in Mexico Technological Advantages of American Troops

  29. Lecture Outline • Review: Why war? 1800-1846 • How did the war play out? 1846-1848 • What were the war’s consequences? Post-1848

  30. The Legacy for the U.S.A.

  31. The Legacy for Native Americans

  32. The Legacy for Mexico and Mexican Americans

  33. Reading Discussion…

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