1. The Mexican War and the Compromise of 1850
American infantry, led by the 3d Infantry Regiment, march forward against Mexican forces who have taken up positions in a convent during the bloody Battle of Churubusco, 20 August 1847, in James Walker’s 1848 oil on board, Convent at Churubusco. (Army Art Collection)
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2. The Mexican War and the Compromise of 1850
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Explain how the Monroe Doctrine and the concept of Manifest Destiny affected the United States’ relationships with foreign powers, including the role of the United States in the Texan Revolution and the Mexican War.
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Explain how the Monroe Doctrine and the concept of Manifest Destiny affected the United States’ relationships with foreign powers, including the role of the United States in the Texan Revolution and the Mexican War.

3. Manifest Destiny John Gast, American Progress, 1872

4. by a joint resolution of Congress
1845
ANNEXED
by a joint resolution of Congress

5. DISPUTED TERRITORY
Map Credit: Kaidor

6. The “Bear Flag” Republic
June 14-July 9, 1846

7. MORE LAND WE WANT
Map Credit: Kaidor

8. WAR!!!

9. Gen. Scott’s Campaign

10. Occupation of Mexico City
WIN
Painting by Carl Nebel

11. Mexican Cession
1848
Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo

12. Gadsden Purchase
1853
Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo

13. A Continuing Controversy...
A short video on this subject…

14. Maps of Westward Expansion

15. Now What??? ?

16. SLAVERY IN MEXICAN CESSION
Wilmot Proviso
FREE SOIL
SLAVERY IN MEXICAN CESSION
David Wilmot
(D – PA)
NEVER PASSED

18. Zachary Taylor (W-LA) Twelfth President of the U.S. 1849-1850
“Old Rough and Ready”
Mexican War Hero
Died in Office
Last Southerner elected president until Woodrow Wilson in 1912

20. Millard Fillmore (W-NY) Thirteenth President of the U.S. 1850-1853
Signed the Compromise of 1850
Last Whig President

21. ?

22. The Compromise of 1850 5
PROVISIONS

23. Admit CALIFORNIA as a FREE STATE

24. STRONGER Fugitive Slave Law

25. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
Let settlers decide the status of slavery in the Mexican Cession.

26. CA$H for Land
Texas ceded land in return for $10 million from the federal government (to pay war debt).

27. Abolish the Slave Trade in Washington, D.C.
Mary Frances Whitfield, Slave Auction
Mary Whitfield, Slave Auction

28. The Compromise of 1850 Admit California as a Free State
For the North:
For the South:
The New Mexico Territory:
Slavery in Washington, DC:
Admit California as a Free State
STRONGER Fugitive Slave Law
Popular Sovereignty in Mexican Cession
Federal assumption of Texas debt /
Texas cedes western land
Abolish Slave Trade in Washington, D.C.

29. BEFORE

30. AFTER

31. The “Great Triumvirate” of the Antebellum Senate
WEBSTER
CLAY
CALHOUN

32. The Great Compromiser at Work one last time

33. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas (D-IL)
Designed the Compromise although Clay took credit
Big Bill
Separate Bills
Each with different majorities to pass
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial

34. Crisis Averted
Photo Credit: nyul

35. ...for now.

36. 1850
© Richard Busch

37. 1860
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