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Mexican Cession I will be able to explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States.
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CAUSES
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Why a war? Manifest Destiny: the American belief that it was the right and duty of the United States to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. • The annexation, or adding, of the Republic of Texas by the United States in This increased the ongoing boundary dispute between Texas/United States and Mexico. • Texas/U.S. and Mexico disputed whether their border was the Rio Grande or the Nueces River.
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EFFECTS
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RIO GRANDE What happened?
The southern boundary of Texas [and the United States] was set at the Rio Grande River. RIO GRANDE
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California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming
Mexican Cession California, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming
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$15 MILLION DOLLARS Eventually, the United States paid Mexico $15 million dollars for the territory. Earlier, it had offered $25 million for California alone.
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Manifest Destiny
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??? History Mystery ??? Why did the United States pay $10 million for the “little” piece of land known as the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 when the huge Louisiana Purchase and the large Mexican Cession only cost $15 million each?
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Answer A southern railroad route was needed to access California gold discovered in 1849 [the year after the Mexican Cession was concluded]. Mexico had a sellers’ market for that piece of desert because it provided a natural pass through the Rocky Mountain Range and got almost as much for that as for the whole Mexican Cession.
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