Important people
Who was the president during the Mexican-American war
James K. Polk
What State did both Mexico and America want
California
What did America gain from the war
More land
Northeast
Opposed
What treaty ended the Mexican-American war
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who was the General sent to defeat Mexican troops
Zachary Taylor
What bored could Mexico and America not agree on the location
Texas Border
What did Mexico gain from the war
Southerners
Supported
Why was Northeast Opposed to the war
They felt that war was morally wrong
Who was the general of the mexican army
Santa Anna
What state was Mexico unwilling to recognize it's independence.
Texas
What states did Mexico have to give up
California,Nevada,Utah,Arizona,New Mexico,Wyoming, and Colorado
Abolitionists
Opposed
Why did southerners support the war
They wanted more land to expand slavery and continue the nations quest for Manifest Destiny
Who wrote an essay called "Civil Disobedience"
Henry David Thoreau
What was America desperate for
Westward expansion
What were Americans able to fulfill because of the war
Manifest Destiny
Whigs
Opposed
The Mexican-American war led to what other war that divided the nation
The Civil war
Who enter Mexico City and raised American flags over the hall of Montezuma
Winfield Scott
What was Texas desperate for
Statehood
What did the United States gain from extending land to the pacific ocean
A bounty of ports
Henry David Thoreau
Opposed
How many soldier fought in the war
108,000