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The Mexican American War, 1846 – 1848

The Mexican American War, 1846 – 1848 . Quick Facts. 1846 = 325,000 Indians in the Southwest 6 million people in Mexico Cost of war = $98 million U.S. $15 million for 500,000 square miles 2,000-mile border. Mexico After Independence. Independence in 1821

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The Mexican American War, 1846 – 1848

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  1. The Mexican American War, 1846 – 1848

  2. Quick Facts • 1846 = 325,000 Indians in the Southwest • 6 million people in Mexico • Cost of war = $98 million U.S. • $15 million for 500,000 square miles • 2,000-mile border

  3. Mexico After Independence • Independence in 1821 • 75 presidents in first 55 years (1821 – 1876) • Political disorder & physical decay • Spaniards expelled from Mexico • 15 – 30% of adult men unemployed

  4. Role of the Military • Church controlled ½ of Mexico’s land • Military dominated national politics • Antonio Lòpez de Santa Anna, president 6 times • Caudillo

  5. U.S. & Mexico • Southwest as periphery • Manifest Destiny • Missions

  6. Texas Conflict • Stephen Austin & “Catholic” settlers, 1821 • Mexico’s Emancipation Proclamation, 1829

  7. Lone Star Republic • Sam Houston & The Alamo, 1836 • April 1836, Battle of San Jacinto • Delayed Annexation

  8. President Polk • Young Hickory • “Slaveholding exterminator of Indians” • “Mr. Polk’s War” tied to Manifest Destiny & civilizing impulse

  9. How Did the War Begin? • General Zachary Taylor • Rio Grande vs. Nueces River • 150 mile difference

  10. Transformation of Military • 7,000 soldiers grew to 100,000 post-war • Public involvement • Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, PGT Beauregard • Technological superiority

  11. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • $15 million • Rights of Mexicans in U.S. protected by law

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