WESTWARD EXPANSION

TREATY OF GUADALOUPE HIDALGO

• It gave the United States the Rio Grande boundary for Texas, and California
• New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado

MANIFEST DESTINY

• Cheap land in the west
• Railways workers
• Railways provided fast transportation

MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

• The U.S. had the advantage of higher firepower and better composition
• More resources
• Better generals
• More experience

KEY VICTORIES

• The Battle of Monterrey
• The Siege of Veracruz
• The Battle of Contreras

NATIVE PEOPLES

• Indian Removal Act