Manifest Destiny and a Growing Nation: Texas, California and New Mexico

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Texas joins the USA The Independent nation of Texas is ________ (added) to the United States as a new state. annexed

Why is all this land important? Because Texas freely joined the United States and this new land needs to be _________ by the U.S. government. The idea of “_______________” meaning that the United States is meant to gain control of all the land from “sea to shining sea.” protected Manifest Destiny

Problem Mexico never accepts the loss of ______. They dispute the _______ between the U.S. and Mexico. We say it is the __________, they say it is the Nueces. Texas border Rio Grande

Offer The U.S. offers $__________ to settle the Texas issue AND buy the California and New Mexico territory. We are _____________. 25 Million turned down

Solution Mexico crosses the Rio Grande and ________ declares war on Mexico. We win the war and sign the Treaty of Guadalupe _______. congress Hidalgo

Treaty Texas Mexico agrees to give up claims to ______ The U.S. gets the Mexican ________ (this means something that is given up.) Cession The US agrees to pay $15 million to Mexico and promises to _______ the Mexicans remaining in the defeated lands. protect

Color Texas one color and the Mexican Cession another. Label both.