1. The War With Mexico By Simon and Nick

2. Why did President Polk favor going to war with Mexico? Polk wanted more territory. Each time the country wins a war, they get stronger and more confident. Disrupted territory in Texas and California by Mexican troops on "American Soil" enraged him. A Mexican-speaking American Emissary was rejected to be talked to.

3. Why was public opinion divided over going to war with Mexico? The Southerners wanted to go to war because when they did, they would have the opportunity to capture more slaves. The Northerners obviously opposed going to war because they didn't want/need slaves. The Northerners also were afraid of Southern dominance.

4. How did the Mexican American war begin? Captain Robert E. Lee and Captain Ulysses S. Grant led the first attack with Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott and captured Monterrey, Mexico Polk promised to help Santa Anna back to Mexico only if he agreed to end the war, and he did But as soon as Santa Anna got back to being president of Mexico, he attacked the border

5. How did the Mexican American War Begin ext. But they were ready and more rested than the Mexicans and they drove them back into Mexico. Scott captured Veracruz, which allowed the two countries to sign the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo in 1848. And soon after they traded land known as the Gadsden Purchase

6. Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase For $15 million, the U.S. got present-day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the United States The treaty guaranteed Mexicans living in these territories freedom of religion, protection of property, bilingual elections, and open borders James Gadsden and the Gadsden Purchase established the current borders of the lower 48 states.

7. How did views of the war differ among the nation’s regions? The North opposed the war because it would expand slavery and southern dominance. The South supported the war because it would expand slavery and southern dominance. The Government supported it to gain a lot more land

8. A Personal Voice A PERSONAL VOICE ROBERT E. LEE "No matter where I turned, my eyes reverted to [my brother], and I stood by his gun whenever I was not wanted elsewhere. Oh, I felt awfully, and am at a loss what I should have done had he been cut down before me. I thank God that he was saved.... [The service from the American battery] was terrif-ic, and the shells thrown from our battery were constant and regular discharges, so beautiful in their flight and so destruc-tive in their fall. It was awful! My heart bled for the inhabi-tants. The soldiers I did not care so much for, but it was ter-rible to think of the women and children."

9. Video: http://www.history.com/videos/mexico-battle-for-north-america- rio-grande#mexico-battle-for-north-america-rio-grande

10. Images: http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/people/james_polk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/11379/Winfield- Scott-Hancock http://usa-civil-war.com/Lee/lee.html http://americancivilwar.com/north/grant.htmlv

11. Primary Sources: http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/documents/polk.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379134/Mexican- American-War http://my.hrw.com/