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Page 1: War With Mexico 1846 - 1848 War With Mexico 1846 - 1848

War With MexicoWar With Mexico 1846 - 1848 1846 - 1848

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Causes of the War

• Polk’s desire to expand the borders of the US

• Mexico’s refusal to sell California & New Mexico

• Texas boundary dispute – Nueces River vs. Rio Grande

• John Fremont’s independent incursion into California

• Border incident – Taylor’s forces blockade Rio GrandeProvocation ? Or attack by Mexico?

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Major Players

11th President James K. PolkFavored war to bring Texas, New Mexico & California into union

Generals Zachary Taylor, ‘Rough & Ready’Winfield Scott, ‘Fuss & Feathers’

Won almost every battle vs. Mexicans that they fought.Led invasions of Eastern Mexico & Scott pushed to Mexico City.

PoliticiansSouth wants War to gain land to expand slavery

North opposes – Passes Wilmot Proviso prohibiting slavery in land won from Mexico in the war

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Political Situation

• Pres. Polk tries to buy TX, NM, & CA

• Mexico weakened by leadership changes• General Herrera replaces Santa Ana as

President – NO SALE

• Polk favors war to take the land

• Disputes the border of Texas & Mexico – Nueces vs. Rio Grande rivers

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Political Situation• North opposes war – fears expansion of slavery

• North sponsored “Wilmot Proviso” states any land from war would have no slavery.

• South opposes war but wants land and favors it after the “Wilmot Proviso” proposed.

• Polk sends troops to ‘see what will happen’

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Generals andMajor Battles

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Results of the War

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- Rio Grande River becomes US border- New Mexico & California Ceded to US- Mexico gets $15 Million as compensation- Size of US increases by about 33%

• Gadsden Purchase - Enabled in 1853 by Pres. Pierce’s emissary James Gadsden- Made in anticipation of a railroad across the south.- Finalized the southern border of present day US.

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California Here I Come!

On January 24, 1848, James

Marshall found this tiny

piece of gold in a stream

near John Sutter's sawmill in

northern California.

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Gold Rush of 1849

MajorGoldStrikes1848

www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/map/index.html

In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the important mines of the gold rush.

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Two miners on Weber Creek gathered $17,000 in gold in seven days;

six miners with 50 Indians took out 273 pounds of gold.