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Title: Manifest Destiny


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Manifest Destiny Mexican War
  • American Progress

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Manifest Destiny Mexican War
  • In American Progress, the allegorical female
    hovering above the progress of pioneers, wagons,
    trains and others moving westward seems to
    symbolize that conquering the frontier is an
    almost angelic thing to do. This reflects a
    belief in the concept of Manifest Destiny that
    drove politics in the mid-19th century.

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  • Problems with Annexation and the Boundary Dispute
  • The US claimed the Rio Grande as the southern
    border of Texas/US
  • Mexico claimed the Nueces near Corpus Christi as
    the boundary between Mexico and Texas/US
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  • Each country (Mexico and the US) sent troops
    into this area between the Nueces and the Rio
    Grande to protect what they considered to be
    their interests in the area
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  • When war did break out (which was inevitable)
    each side blamed the other for starting the war
    by invading their land and committing atrocities
    against their citizens and property.

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  • Work with your table to complete The Mexican War
    map activity

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Key Points
  • The US army overpowered the less equipped Mexican
    army
  • The battles fought were fierce. Many of those
    fighting would later go on to be political and
    military leaders in the US-particularly in the
    years leading up to and including the Civil War
  • As a result of this war and the Treaty of
    Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the war the US
    accomplished 3 major goals

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3 Goals
  1. Achieved Manifest Destiny by getting control of
    all land between Texas and California (and 1 year
    later gold was discovered in Cali) from Mexico
    for 15 million.
  2. Almost doubles the size of the United States
    through land gained in the Texas Annexation and
    the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
  3. Settled the boundary dispute, setting the border
    between Mexico and the US as the Rio Grande

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Another Result of Mexican War
  • Many former Mexican citizens in the new US
    territories/states of Texas, New Mexico and other
    parts of the southwest lost land and citizenship
    rights
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