People
American President during Mexican-American War
James Polk
Rio Grande
What was the last straw for the south?
Lincoln elected.
What is the main reason the Civil War started?
It's been going on for sooooooo long.
Slavery
Secede means to --
leave
Those who were considered property.
Slaves
Mexico said this was the border.
Nueces river
Why did Mexico get upset at the USA?
What'd they take?
Texas was annexed
True or False
The Mexican-American War ended slavery.
False
choose to be slave or free
Those who opposed slavery.
Abolitionists
"We must stretch to the Pacific Ocean"
This was the idea behind what?
Manifest Destiny
Why did James Polk send troops to Texas?
Becaues he wanted the land no matter what.
The Mexican-American war ended with the USA paying how much for all of that land?
The Compromise of 1850 came after what?
Mexican-American War
Who was elected and made the southerns angry enough to secede?
Lincoln
_________=Free
_________=Slave
North, South
Why the USA get California?
What did they Win?
The Mexican=American war
What was done because of the Mexican-American war?
"Finally, all the way west"
Manifest Destiny
Mexican-American war started from what?
Border dispute
DAILY DOUBLE!!
General of USA army during Mexican-American War
Zachey Taylor
Name 2 slave states.
Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, etc.
DAILY TRIPLE!!
What 2 territories were named in the Compromise of 1850?
UTAH
NEW MEXICO
What war will be covered in the next unit?
Civil War
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WHO WON?