Mexican War Standards 8.61 & 8.62 We fight Santa Anna AGAIN
Election of 1844 Polk is considered a “dark horse” candidate. What is that??? a little-known person that is suddenly in the spotlight.
Election of 1844 Only president to be the Speaker of the House Nicknamed Young Hickory
Establish border for Oregon Election of 1844 James K. Polk (D-TN) wins and claims he only wants to serve one term. Polk Wish List: Establish border for Oregon Expand the nation add TX as a state
Time Out Song “James K. Polk” They Might Me Giants
Wanted border at 54-40 line Border set @ the 49th parallel
War Declared!!!!! Americans who wanted war with Mexico claimed that Mexico had shed American blood on American soil. Congress declared war on Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln…a Whig
Polk’s 3-Point Plan to Beat Mexico Drive Mexican troops out of the disputed territory in Texas north of the Nueces River and secure the Texas border Seize New Mexico and California Capture Mexico’s capital, Mexico City
General Zachary Taylor accomplished the first goal by the first part of 1847.
Americans captured Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, without a fight in 1846.
Bear Flag Republic Group of Californians who want to break away from Mexico and called themselves the Bear Flag Republic after the illustration of a bear on its flag.
Original flag Current flag
California In 1846 Americans captured the ports of Monterey and San Francisco. By 1847, California was under the control of the United States.
General Zachary Taylor at Palo Alto “Old Rough and Ready”
Gen. Winfield Scott Takes Mexico City in September 1847
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico gave up claims to Texas above the Rio Grande River. Mexico agrees to sell the U. S. California and New Mexico for $15 million-it’s called the Mexican Cession
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848 Nicholas Trist American Negotiator
Wilmot Proviso-1846 ban slavery in any territory acquired from the Mexican Cession. Passes in the House, killed in the Senate
Wilmot Proviso-1846 The conflict over the proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
Gadsden Purchase In 1853 the United States paid Mexico an additional $10 million for a strip of land along the southern edge of present- day Arizona and New Mexico Was to be used for the railroad
Gadsden Purchase With the Gadsden Purchase, the adjoining 48 states of the mainland reached its present size.