MANIFEST DESTINY AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

MANIFEST DESTINY

• The US gained current day Utah, Nevada, and California
• Parts of various other states were also surrendered in the Treaty of Guadelupe
• Texas was also gained, but they were their own country for a little bit of time.
• Opportunities available for immigrants: religious freedom, economic opportunity
• Railroads got things farther distances faster than horses

WAR

• Advantages: most people were eager to join; better weapons
• Cont.: navy was bigger and better trained; good military commanders
• Key victories included the Battle of Buena Vista,
• Cont.: the. Battle of Contreras, the Siege of Veracruz,
• Cont.: the Battle of Churubusco

NATIVE AMERICANS

• Laws passed: the Government Trading act
• Cont.: the Indian Removal Act, the Dawes Act etc
• The natives did not react well to any of these, but they were outnumbered
• The U.S. bullied them off their land and killed thousands of them
• The Trail of Tears killed one in four of the Natives who walked it.