THE MEXICAN WAR 18461848

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THE MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848
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AMERICAS 1ST OFFENSIVE WAR

• AN EXTENSION OF MANIFEST DESTINY
• KNOWN AS MR. POLKS WAR
• AN UNPOPULAR WAR IN THE NORTH.

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DENOUNCED BY YOUNG MR. LINCOLN.

• LINCOLN MILITARY GLORY A RAINBOW THAT RISES
  FROM A SHOWER OF BLOOD.
• LINCOLNS SPOT RESOLUTION.

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ORIGINS OF THE WAR.

• AMERICAN GRIEVANCES ACCUMULATE AGAINST MEXICO
• MEXICAN GOVERNMENT VERY UNSTABLE. 22 AMERICANS
  KILLED AND PROPERTY TAKEN.
• 1839 MEXICO AGREES TO PAY CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
• MAKES 3 PAYMENTS THEN DEFAULTS

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• AMERICANS ANGRY ABOUT THE ALAMO AND GOLIAD
  MASSACRES.
• MEXICOS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE RIO GRANDE AS
  THEIR BORDER.
• MEXICANS DISCUSS SALE OF CALIF. TO BRITAIN.

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JOHN SLIDELLS MISSION TO MEXICO.

• SENT BY POLK TO BUY CALIFORNIA.
• MEXICAN GOVT REFUSES TO MEET WITH SLIDELL
• A CHALLENGE TO OUR HONOR
• BELIEF THAT VICTORY WOULD BE EASY.

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A MILITARY COMPARSION

• MEXICAN ARMY 5 TIMES AS LARGE
• NORTHERN DESERTS PROVIDE A BARRIER
• EXPECTED AID FROM FRANCE BRITAIN.
• THE MEXICAN NAVY

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MORE COMPARSION

• AMERICAN ARMY SMALL BUT WELL TRAINED
• MODERN ARTILLERY IS THE KEY ADVANTAGE.
• SUPERIOR QUALITY OFFICERS.

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KEY MOTIVE FOR WAR IS CALIFORNIA.

• POLK WANTED CALIFORNIA. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!
• FALSE REPORTS OF WAR LEAD AMERICANS IN CALIF. TO
  SEIZE IT FROM THE MEXICAN GOVERNOR.

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TEXAS BOUNDARY DISPUTE SETS OFF THE WAR.

• MEXICO CLAIMS THE NUECES RIVER IS THE BOUNDARY
• U.S. CLAIMS THE RIO GRANDE.
• PRESIDENT POLK SENDS ZAC TAYLOR 1500 TROOPS.
  HAS 4000 MEN BY THE TIME HE REACHES TEXAS.
• APRIL 11, 1846 MEXICAN ARMY ARRIVES.

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APRIL 11TH 1846 MEXICAN ARMY ARRIVES.

• GENERAL MARIANO ARISTA
• SENTS TROOPS UP STREAM INTO THE DISPUTED
  TERRITORY.
• APRIL 25TH AMERICANS AMBUSED 16 AMERICANS KILLED.
• THIS WAS THE SPOT LINCOLN ASKED ABOUT.

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MAY 10TH,1846 POLK ASKS FOR DECLARATION OF WAR.

• STATED CAUSES
• FAILURE TO PAY DEBTS
• REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE FOR CALIF.
• AMERICAN BLOOD BEING SHED ON AMERICAN SOIL.

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DECLARATION IS PASSED BY A DIVIDED VOTE.

• ALL OPPOSITION COMES FROM THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.
• OPPOSITION TO THE WAR WILL GROW AS THE WAR WENT
  ON.
• SOME SAW IT AS A WAR TO EXPAND SLAVERY.
• SOME AS A WAR OF AGGRESSION.

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THE 3 CAMPAIGNS OF THE MEXICAN WAR.

• NORTHERN MEXICO
• KEY HERO ZAC TAYLOR OLD ROUGH AND READY
• KEY BATTLE BUENA VISTA
• TAYLOR IS A WHIG- POLK FEARS MAKING HIM A HERO.

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CALIFORNIA THE BEAR FLAG REVOLT

• KEY HEROES JOHN C. FREMONT AND STEPHEN KEARNY.
• BLOODEST BATTLE LOS ANGELES.
• CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC IS FOUNDED APPLIES FOR
  ANNEXATION

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SOUTHERN MEXICO

• KEY HERO WINFIELD SCOTT.
• TAKING VERA CRUZ
• FOLLOWS PATH OF CORTEZ.
• THE BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC, MARCH 1847
• THE STORY OF LOS NINOS.

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THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO FEB. 1848

• U.S. NEGOTIATOR NICOLAS TRIST
• POLK IS IN A HURRY TO CONCLUDE THE TREATY.
• TERMS U.S. GETS CALIF., NEW MEXICO, UTAH,
  ARIZONA, NEVADA, PART OF COL. WYOMING. RIO
  GRANDE.

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• MEXICO RECIEVES 18.2 MILLION.
• IN 1853 U.S. MADE THE GADSEN PURCHASE FOR 10
  MILLION.
• COST OF THE WAR U.S. CAUSALITIES 1,721 KILLED
  11,155 DIED FROM DISEASE, 4,102 WOUNDED. 98
  MILLION.

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