Vs.
Directions
Answer the following questions and put the
answers in the appropriate spaces. Use your
textbook and Adventure Tales of America.
Write in sentences
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Texas
Year Texas defeated Mexico (ATA pg. 214)
Year Texas annexed (ATA pg. 214)
How long was the delay on annexation and give 3
reasons why (Text pg. 389)
Border
River Mexico said was border (ATA pg. 215)
River Texas said was border (ATA pg. 215)
What did U.S. say (ATA pg. 215)
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Provocation
Describe event that started the war (Text pg. 392)
Who attacked first? (Text pg. 392)
Who did U.S. claim started the war? (Text pg. 392)
How did Americans feel about going to war with Mexico?
(ATA pg. 215)
Effects of Mexican War
In the top bar, write the name of the Treaty
Where was the border set? (Text pg. 394-395)
What is the region that the U.S. gained and what did we
call it? (Text pg. 395)
How much did U.S. pay? (Text pg. 395)
What happened to Mexicans living in this area? (Text pg.
395)
What was the BIG QUESTION after the war? (ADA pg.
215)
Was Manifest Destiny achieved? Why or Why Not? (Text
pg. 394. Map)
Causes of the Mexican War
Texas
Border Dispute
WAR
Provocation
Effects of the Mexican War
Who’s In
Charge?
Texas & U.S. say
Rio Grande is the
border
??
Mexico says Nueces
is the border
Where were
most of the
battles
fought
during the
war?
Texas or
Mexico? War ended when U.S.
forces captured Mexico
city in 1847
http://images.classwell.com/mcd_xhtml_ebooks/2002_creating_am/flash/CAR03_013_392.
html. Go here to see this in interactive mode.
Treaty that officially ended
the Mexican War-1848
Effects of the
Treaty
Mexico lost
almost ½ its
land
Mexico Before the
Mexican War
U.S. gained
Southwest
Territory
Mexico After the
Mexican War
We Did It!!!
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
From Sea (Atlantic) to
Shining Sea (Pacific)
Wrap Up
Describe the methods America
used to accomplish her goal of
Manifest Destiny. Are they
methods we would use today?
Why or why not?
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5.
Methods
Indian Removal
Mexican War
Monroe Doctrine
Louisiana Purchase
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Causes of the Mexican War
Provocation
Texas
Border Dispute
1.Won independence
from Mexico in
1836.
2.Annexed by U.S. in
1845
3.U.S. delayed
annexing Texas
almost 10 years
because:
a) Americans feared
it would lead to
war with Mexico
b) Texas was a slave
state
c) It would
unbalance slave
vs. non-slave
states in Congress
1. Mexico said
Nueces
River was
border b/t
Texas &
Mexico
2. Texas said
Rio Grande
was border.
3. U.S. sided
with Texas
WAR
1. Polk ordered
Taylor to
station troops
on North bank
of Rio Grande
(disputed land)
2. Mexico
attacked U.S.
soldiers
3. U.S. claimed
Mexico started
war on U.S.
land
4. Mixed. South
for war, hoping
new area would
be slave
holding. North
against for
same reason.
Effects of the Mexican War
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
1. The border was settled between Texas
& Mexico—Rio Grande
2. Mexico ceded large amounts of land to
U.S. in the Southwest-Called Mexican
Cession (from ‘cede’. Get it?)
3. America paid Mexico $15 million
4. Mexicans living in the Southwest were
allowed to become American citizens
5. Tension grew over whether to allow
slaves into this new land
Manifest Destiny Achieved!!!