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Title: Polk


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Polks War The Mexican War (1846-1848)
  • US History Spiconardi

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Background
  • Mexicos government never recognized Texas
    independence
  • Mexico breaks off diplomatic relations with the
    United States
  • James K. Polk elected president in 1844
  • Jacksonian Democrat
  • Deep believer of Manifest Destiny
  • Control of Southwest California would open
    trade opportunities with Asia
  • Pro-slavery

3
Path to War
  • Polk encourages Texans to seize land up to the
    Rio Grande River
  • Mexico claims that the Nueces River is the border
    b/t US and Mexico
  • Polk offers forgiveness of loan and 30 million
    for the land in dispute
  • Mexico has no stability in government cannot
    negotiate
  • Presidency changes 4 times alone in 1846
  • Polk instigates war by sending Gen. Zachary
    Taylor to border w/o a single troop who spoke
    Spanish (talked in French)
  • After 3-week standoff Mexican troops attack US
    cavalry

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Path to War
  • Polk to Congress Mexico had passed the boundary
    of the United States, had invaded our territory
    and shed blood on American soil.

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The War
  • First American war fought on foreign soil
  • Romantic Appeal
  • Media portrays this as a war of conquest in a far
    off exotic land
  • US wins all but one battle

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • US not only gets Texas border at the Rio Grand
    River, but also
  • New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, parts of
    Colorado and Wyoming, and California (access to
    Pacific Ocean
  • MANIFEST DESTINTY COMPLETE US A CONTINTENTAL
    NATION

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Divisions within the US
  • Slave Power Conspiracy
  • Racism
  • Wilmot Proviso
  • Read your assigned document and share with the
    pertinent info with your group
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