The War With Mexico

POLK URGES WAR

• Texas was annexed into the United States
• Hostility reignited because of this action
• Unstable Mexican government prevented peace
• Also Territorial aspirations prevented peace

JAMES K. POLK

• Believed war would bring: Texas, New Mexico, and California into the Union
• Known as Polk the Purposeful
• Supported Texas in disputes against Mexico

Slidells's Rejection

• Santa Anna ousted as President
• Polk sent Slidell to buy California and New Mexico
• Mexican officials refused to receive Slidell
• Polk issued General Zachary Taylor to march to the Rio Grande

Zachary Taylor

• American General
• Polk told him to March to the Rio Grande
• Mexico responded by sending troops across the Rio Grande

Attitudes towards war

• Idea of war unleashed celebrations
• Not all people wanted war
• South saw it as an opportunity to expand slavery
• North mainly opposed the was

THE WAR BEGINs

• Mexico killed 9 U.S soldiers
• Polk says they started the war
• Manifest destiny launched U.S into first war on foreign territory

kearny marches west

• Polk ordered Kearny to march to Santa Fe
• Crossed 800 miles of barren ground
• Met by New Mexico Contingent
• New Mexico fell to the U.S with no shots fired

STEPHEN KEARNy

• Known as the Long Marcher
• Lead his men 800 miles of barren land
• Sent some troops to Mexico and he went to California

THE REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA

• 20 spanish missions set up along the coast
• 12,000 Mexicans and 500 Americans settled there
• Fremont seized Sonoma
• He declared California independent from Mexico

The war in mexico

• The Americans won consecutive battles
• Poor leadership for Mexico
• Very strong leadership for U.S
• The invasion lasted in Mexico lasted a year

WINFIELD SCOTt

• Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers"
• Captured Veracruz in March
• Captured Mexico City in September
• Scotts army never lost a battle

AMERICA GAINS THE SPOILS OF WAr

• Mexico lost about 25,000 men
• America lost 13,000 lives
• Only 2,000 died from battle

the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

• Treaty stated the Rio Grande is border for Texas
• Also New Mexico and California are part of the U.S
• $15 million for California, Nevada, New Mexico,
• Utah, Arizona,Colorado, and Wyoming.

GAdSDEN PURCHASE

• James Gadsden paid $10 million
• He paid for territoy under Gila River
• The purchase established the borders of the lower 48 states

taylor's election in 1848

• Democrats nominated Lewis Cass
• Martin Van Buren lead the Free-Soil Party
• Whigs nominated Zachary Taylor
• Taylor won easily

the california gold rush

• John Marshall was a Carpenter
• Worked on John Sutter's property in California
• He discovered good in Sutter's Mill
• Word of discovery traveled east.

the rush begins

• San Francisco residents went to Sacramento Valley
• Shovels and pickaxes were in high demand
• The trip to California would take 5 to 7 months
• Thousands of Americans went to dig in the gold fields

Impact of gold fever

• San Francisco became "a pandemonium of a city"
• The population increased from 1,000 to 35,000
• Travelers cause the Harbor to look like a forest of Masts

Gold Rush Brings Diversity

• By 1849 the population was 100,000
• Chinese were largest group from overseas
• Free blacks came by the Hundreds
• 1849 a state constitution outlawed slavery