1. Was the United States justified in expanding to the Pacific?
Manifest Destiny
Was the United States justified in expanding to the Pacific?

3. Mexican-American War

4. Causes of War Dispute over Southern Border of TX
Pres. Polk ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor into disputed territory
Mexican troops attacked
“American blood on American soil” (?)
America’s first foreign war.

5. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)
Mexico recognized Rio Grande as southern border
Mexico surrendered 500,000 sq. miles for $15 mil
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
US purchased southern portions of AZ and NM to build RR to the Pacific