Effects
Treaty between Mexico and the U.S.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
President Polk sent this guy and his troops into Mexico.
Zachary Taylor
Both Mexico and America wanted this place because many Americans moved out there, the majority of people wanted to become part of America.
California.
The belief that America had a God-given right to expand the country's land.
The Manifest Destiny.
The war reduced the size of Mexico by more than half.
True.
Purchase that happened in 1853 between Mexico and the U.S.
Gadsden Purchase.
This person opposed the war because he did not want to pay extra taxes to support the war and people dying. Wrote an essay called “Civil Disobedience” to explain his reasons.
Henry David Thoreau.
Mexico and the United States could not agree on the border of this place.
Texas border.
Who was sent to negotiate land disputes between the U.S. and Mexico?
John Slidell
A group of Mississippi Catholics fought with Mexico.
False, it was a band of Irish Catholics.
What territory did the U.S. gain after the war?
Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
This group of people opposed the war because they did not want more land to expand slavery.
Abolitionists
What ocean out west did the Americans want to get to?
The Pacific Ocean.
What president pushed for the expansion of the U.S.
James K. Polk.
The U.S. tried resolving the conflicts peacefully by buying land
True.
What year was the Treaty of Guadalupe signed?
1848
These people supported the war because they wanted more land to expand slavery, and fulfil the Manifest Destiny.
Southerners
What is the name of the river that splits Texas and Mexico into two?
Rio Grande.
What date did the first violent affair happen between Mexico and America?
1846
The war had the lowest death rate of any American War.
False, it had the highest.
How much money did the U.S. pay for the land that Mexico previously owned?
25 million dollars.
These people opposed the war because they felt that it was morally wrong.
Northeast
What territory did Mexico own before the war started?
California, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Also what is now common day Mexico.
Why did America want to land out west?
They wanted cheap land, they wanted to spread Democracy, they wanted more resources, the Gold Rush happened, and they needed a place to put their increasing population.
The war's harshest critic was Ulysses S. Grant.
False, it was Abraham Lincoln.