Battles
The first battle between Mexico and the United States took near this river.
What is the Rio Grande?
America's belief that the USA should span from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
May 13, 1846
When did the Mexican American War start?
Newly discovered (around this time) vein of gold location that brought Americans to California.
Where is Coloma, California?
13,000.
What was the number of lives taken during the war?
After the Battle of Mexico City the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed.
What treaty ended the Mexican American War?
What was the immediate cause for the Mexican American War?
What were border disputes?
March 1, 1845
When did Texas become a State?
The border between the United States and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
The United States won.
Who won the war?
The battle where Texas got its freedom from Mexico.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
The state that Mexico wanted but America eventually got.
What is Texas?
The Battle at San Jacinto happened in this year.
When was 1836?
The Nueces River
What did Mexico claim to be the border between the United States and Mexico?
Fighting in the Mexican American War prepared American soldiers for this war.
What was the the Civil War?
The Alamo
What battle became a rallying cry for the Texans?
Manifest Destiny
What was the underlying cause for the Mexican-American War?
The year that the Mexican American War ended.
What was 1848?
The last battle of the Mexican-American War was fought here.
What was Mexico City?
Over a hundred million dollars.
How much did the war cost?
The Battle for Mexico City
What was the last battle fought that ended the Mexican -American War?
Boundary dispute
What was the immediate cause for the Mexican-American War?
1835.
When did Texas break free of Mexico's grip?
Sutter's Mill near Coloma, California
Where was gold discovered in California?
These are the present - day states that the US got from winning the war.
What are Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah?