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Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War
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Mind Map on Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War, created by Maude Blair on 03/01/2016.
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Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War
Polk and the Oregon Question
54 40 or Fight
US vs Brit
1845-1846
Polk Claimed it in his inaugural adress
OK with 49th parallel
1845
James Buchanan
Secretary of State
Offered 49th parallel
Brits refused
Withdrew
Brits asked for re offer
He said no
Fought in a way Brits would understand
Terminated Joint Oregon Occupation
49th parallel happened
Seemed like a southern focus
North was mad
War with Mexico
US tried to take extra land
WAR
John C. Fremont
Exploring Expedition
Got California
John Slidell
Emissary
General Zachary Taylor
Invaded Mexico
Mexico Stopped them
Took
Matamoros
Monterrey
Polk was mad
General Winfield Scott
1845
Destroyed Mexican Army
Took
Veracruz
Mexico City
Colonel Stephen Kearney
Took New Mexico
The Doctrine of Manifest Destiny
Foreign Govs against Annexation
Against Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
God wants American Expansion
US needs ALL of North America
Free Developments
Extending the area of freedom
Population growth
More territory needed
1845
The Triumph of Polk and Annexation
1844 campaign
Texas was main issue
Tyler withdrew
James K. Polk
Tennesee
Expansion
Not as crazy as Tyler
Won election
Van Buren + Clay Thompson
Against Annexation
Changed mind
Lost northern voters
James G. Birney
Took votes from clay
Tyler and Texas
Prez William Henry Harrison
Died
John Tyler
President
Manifest Destiny
John C. Calhoun
Texas Annexation
Duff Green
Fake info about Brits
Abel Upshur
Annex Treaty
Died
Replaced by Calhoun
States' Rights
Pro Slavery
Virginian
Settlement of the Mexican American War
Powerful South
North was sad
Gadsden Purchase
1853
Arizona
New Mexico
500,000 miles of territory
New Mexico
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
California
Orient Trade
Ports
San Francisco
San Diego
Nicholas P. Trist
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican Residents
US Citizens
US took Americans' Claims against Mexico
Rio Grande Border
US bought New Mexico and CA
$15 Mil
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