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Explain the causes & effects of the Mexican-American War
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AMERICAN WAR
MEXICAN-
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Explain the causes & effects of the Mexican-American War

amsco 5.3

AMERICAN WAR

MEXICAN-

Background

·not only still mostly agricultural, still mostly feudal as Hacienda landowners gave rise to series of strongmen who made continuity in government impossible

· lost territory south in Central America & north in Texas in the 1820s-1830s

·became independent from Spain in the 1820s

·while still mostly agricultural, industrialization underway with Market Revolution

·gained territory west to the Rocky Mountains in early 19th century

·became independent from Britain in the 1780s

Background

Mexico

United States

VS

Why did northern Whigs oppose the declaration of war?

Describe the incident that led the U.S. to declare war on Mexico.

What did Pres. Polk do that heightened tensions with Mexico?

What was the dispute over the Texas-Mexico border about?

THE CAUSES

What did Gen. Winfield Scott achieve for the U.S.?

THE SCOTT CAMPAIGN

What did Gen. Zachary Taylor achieve for the U.S.?

THE TAYLOR CAMPAIGN

What did John C. Fremont achieve for the U.S.?

THE FREMONT CAMPAIGN

What did Gen. Stephen Kearney achieve for the U.S?

THE KEARNEY CAMPAIGN

THE CAMPAIGNS

Why did the new lands acquired from Mexico increase tensions in the U.S.?

Explain the Wilmot Proviso AND the reason it didn't pass in Congress.

What did the U.S. get from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

THE CONSEQUENCES

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