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    Manifest Destiny and the

    Mexican-American War
    Manifest Destiny

    • Idea God had determined America should


    stretch from East Coast to Pacific.
    Reasons behind Manifest
    Destiny
    • Population Increase
    • Economic depressions—
    1818 and 1839
    • Abundance of cheap (or
    free) land in West.
    • Expansion offered
    opportunities for new
    commerce.
    • People began moving
    over new trails like Santa
    Fe Trail and Oregon
    Trail.
    Mexican-American War
    • It all starts with Texas.
    • At first Mexicans encourage American
    settlement.
    • Conflicts over cultural issues, including
    slavery
    • Americans who live there a rebellious
    bunch—start to clamor for independence.
    Key Figures in Texas
    Independence, 1836

    Sam Houston Steven Austin


    (1793-1863) (1793-1836)
    The Battle of the Alamo

    General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Recaptures


    the Alamo
    Remember the Alamo!
    The Republic of Texas
    Victory in Texas
    • Santa Anna forced to sign Treaty of
    Velasco—1836.
    • Texas becomes independent.
    • Americans wait ten years to annex Texas
    —because of issue of slavery and to avoid
    war with Mexico.
    The Road to War
    • Polk elected in 1844, many see as
    mandate for manifest destiny.
    • Desire to acquire California—American
    settlers already living there.
    • Conflicts with Mexico over American
    claims and boundary disputes.
    The Slidell Mission: Nov.,
    1845
    ▪ Mexican recognition of the Rio
    Grande River as the TX-US
    border.
    ▪ US would forgive American
    citizens’
    claims against the Mexican
    govt.
    ▪ US would purchase the New
    Mexico
    area for $5,000,000.
    ▪ US would buy California at any
    price and recognize the Texas
    John Slidell broder
    ▪REFUSED!
    The Mexican War (1846-1848)
    •1846: Polk orders troops to
    march from the Nueces to
    the Rio Grande.
    •Provoked Mexican Army
    into firing first
    •Declaration of war despite
    those who asked for “spot
    resolutions” (Lincoln)
    Divisions over War
    Southerners want war—will expand slavery

    Northerners oppose it for exact same reason


    --Anti-slavery groups take the lead
    The Bombardment of Vera
    Cruz
    General Scott Enters
    Mexico City

    US victory—September
    Treaty of Guadalupe-
    Hidalgo, 1848

    Nicholas Trist,
    American
    Negotiator
    Treaty of Guadalupe-
    Hidalgo, 1848
    The Treaty was basically forced
    on Mexico!

    ▪
    ▪MEXICO LOST HALF
    OF ITS TERRITORY IN
    ALL!
    Legacies of Mexican-American War

    • “Small war”—not many lives lost


    • Gained a ton of land (increased size of US
    by 1/3)
    • Prepared military and soldiers for Civil War
    • Led to Mexican resentment
    • Rearoused issue of slavery which would
    lead to Civil War

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