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Title: WAR WITH MEXICO


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WAR WITH MEXICO
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DO NOW Map-pg. 495 (5min)
  • Label
  • Mexico
  • U.S.
  • San Francisco
  • Los Angeles
  • Rio Grande
  • Nueces
  • Texas
  • Label battles
  • Mexico City
  • Cerro Gordo
  • Monterrey
  • Bear Flag Revolt
  • Shade in the area claimed by both U.S. and Mexico

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Californias Spanish Culture
  • CA was settled and populated by diverse cultures
  • Explorers and missionaries were first Europeans
    in CA (El Camino Real)
  • After Mexican independence, missions were
    abolished
  • Land went to some Natives and the rest was sold
    to Mexican settlers (Rancheros)
  • At first, Mexico welcomed Americans, like John
    Sutter

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WAR WITH MEXICO
  • Strained relations between the U.S. and Mexico
    resulted in war
  • Mexico refused to sell CA and NM to Polk (2x)
  • Polk plots to pull Mexico into war (wants them to
    strike first)
  • 2 Major Issues Texas and the border (Rio Grande
    or Nueces)150 mile difference
  • Polk sent Slidell to offer 30M in return for
    acceptance of Rio Grande as boundary

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HOW DID CONFLICT BEGIN?
  • Mexican officials refused to meet with Slidell
    and started plans to reclaim TX
  • Polk ordered Gen. Taylor across Nueces River into
    disputed border area
  • Mexican soldiers attacked and Polk had his war

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How Was News of the War Received?
  • The war with Mexico divided America
  • Democrats (Polks party) supported it
  • Whigs believed war was aggressive and unjust
  • Northerners accused Democrats of waging war to
    spread slavery
  • Anti-War (Lincoln, Thoreau, Douglass)

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POLKS WAR PLAN
  • Polk planned for American forces to drive Mexico
    out of disputed territory in Texas
  • Plan was to move into NM and CA
  • Mexico City, the capital, was the target
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