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.
Maude Blair
Mind Map by Maude Blair, updated more than 1 year ago
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Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War
  1. Polk and the Oregon Question
    1. 54 40 or Fight
      1. US vs Brit
        1. 1845-1846
        2. Polk Claimed it in his inaugural adress
          1. OK with 49th parallel
            1. 1845
              1. James Buchanan
                1. Secretary of State
                  1. Offered 49th parallel
                    1. Brits refused
                      1. Withdrew
                        1. Brits asked for re offer
                          1. He said no
              2. Fought in a way Brits would understand
              3. Terminated Joint Oregon Occupation
                1. 49th parallel happened
                  1. Seemed like a southern focus
                    1. North was mad
                2. War with Mexico
                  1. US tried to take extra land
                    1. WAR
                    2. John C. Fremont
                      1. Exploring Expedition
                        1. Got California
                      2. John Slidell
                        1. Emissary
                        2. General Zachary Taylor
                          1. Invaded Mexico
                            1. Mexico Stopped them
                            2. Took
                              1. Matamoros
                                1. Monterrey
                                  1. Polk was mad
                              2. General Winfield Scott
                                1. 1845
                                  1. Destroyed Mexican Army
                                    1. Took
                                      1. Veracruz
                                        1. Mexico City
                                  2. Colonel Stephen Kearney
                                    1. Took New Mexico
                                  3. The Doctrine of Manifest Destiny
                                    1. Foreign Govs against Annexation
                                      1. Against Manifest Destiny
                                      2. Manifest Destiny
                                        1. God wants American Expansion
                                          1. US needs ALL of North America
                                            1. Free Developments
                                              1. Extending the area of freedom
                                              2. Population growth
                                                1. More territory needed
                                              3. 1845
                                              4. The Triumph of Polk and Annexation
                                                1. 1844 campaign
                                                  1. Texas was main issue
                                                    1. Tyler withdrew
                                                      1. James K. Polk
                                                        1. Tennesee
                                                          1. Expansion
                                                            1. Not as crazy as Tyler
                                                              1. Won election
                                                              2. Van Buren + Clay Thompson
                                                                1. Against Annexation
                                                                  1. Changed mind
                                                                    1. Lost northern voters
                                                                2. James G. Birney
                                                                  1. Took votes from clay
                                                              3. Tyler and Texas
                                                                1. Prez William Henry Harrison
                                                                  1. Died
                                                                    1. John Tyler
                                                                      1. President
                                                                        1. Manifest Destiny
                                                                          1. John C. Calhoun
                                                                            1. Texas Annexation
                                                                              1. Duff Green
                                                                                1. Fake info about Brits
                                                                              2. Abel Upshur
                                                                                1. Annex Treaty
                                                                                  1. Died
                                                                                    1. Replaced by Calhoun
                                                                                2. States' Rights
                                                                                  1. Pro Slavery
                                                                                    1. Virginian
                                                                              3. Settlement of the Mexican American War
                                                                                1. Powerful South
                                                                                  1. North was sad
                                                                                  2. Gadsden Purchase
                                                                                    1. 1853
                                                                                      1. Arizona
                                                                                        1. New Mexico
                                                                                        2. 500,000 miles of territory
                                                                                          1. New Mexico
                                                                                            1. Utah
                                                                                              1. Nevada
                                                                                                1. Arizona
                                                                                                  1. Colorado
                                                                                                    1. Wyoming
                                                                                                      1. California
                                                                                                        1. Orient Trade
                                                                                                          1. Ports
                                                                                                            1. San Francisco
                                                                                                              1. San Diego
                                                                                                        2. Nicholas P. Trist
                                                                                                          1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
                                                                                                            1. Mexican Residents
                                                                                                              1. US Citizens
                                                                                                              2. US took Americans' Claims against Mexico
                                                                                                                1. Rio Grande Border
                                                                                                                  1. US bought New Mexico and CA
                                                                                                                    1. $15 Mil
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