MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

MANIFEST DESTINY

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New. Mexico
• Find gold
• Larger farms
• Less cramped
• Railroads = faster & safer, allowed Manifest Destiny to occur

WAR

• We had better cannons, guns and leadership
• Siege of Ft. Texas
• Battle of Palo Alto
• Occupation of Matemoros
• Battle of Monterey

NATIVE PEOPLES

The boundaries of Indian Country moved west of the Mississippi under the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1834.