Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War

Polk and the Oregon Question
1. 54 40 or Fight
  1. US vs Brit
  2. 1845-1846
2. Polk Claimed it in his inaugural adress
  1. OK with 49th parallel
    1. 1845
      1. James Buchanan
        Secretary of State
        Offered 49th parallel
        Brits refused
        Withdrew
        Brits asked for re offer
        He said no
  2. Fought in a way Brits would understand
3. Terminated Joint Oregon Occupation
4. 49th parallel happened
  1. Seemed like a southern focus
    1. North was mad
War with Mexico
1. US tried to take extra land
  1. WAR
2. John C. Fremont
  1. Exploring Expedition
    1. Got California
3. John Slidell
  1. Emissary
4. General Zachary Taylor
  1. Invaded Mexico
    1. Mexico Stopped them
  2. Took
    1. Matamoros
    2. Monterrey
      1. Polk was mad
5. General Winfield Scott
  1. 1845
    1. Destroyed Mexican Army
      1. Took
        Veracruz
        Mexico City
6. Colonel Stephen Kearney
  1. Took New Mexico
The Doctrine of Manifest Destiny
1. Foreign Govs against Annexation
  1. Against Manifest Destiny
2. Manifest Destiny
  1. God wants American Expansion
  2. US needs ALL of North America
  3. Free Developments
    1. Extending the area of freedom
  4. Population growth
    1. More territory needed
3. 1845
The Triumph of Polk and Annexation
1. 1844 campaign
  1. Texas was main issue
  2. Tyler withdrew
  3. James K. Polk
    1. Tennesee
    2. Expansion
    3. Not as crazy as Tyler
    4. Won election
  4. Van Buren + Clay Thompson
    1. Against Annexation
      1. Changed mind
        Lost northern voters
  5. James G. Birney
    1. Took votes from clay
Tyler and Texas
1. Prez William Henry Harrison
  1. Died
    1. John Tyler
      1. President
        Manifest Destiny
        John C. Calhoun
        Texas Annexation
        Duff Green
        Fake info about Brits
        Abel Upshur
        Annex Treaty
        Died
        Replaced by Calhoun
      2. States' Rights
      3. Pro Slavery
      4. Virginian
Settlement of the Mexican American War
1. Powerful South
  1. North was sad
2. Gadsden Purchase
  1. 1853
  2. Arizona
  3. New Mexico
3. 500,000 miles of territory
  1. New Mexico
  2. Utah
  3. Nevada
  4. Arizona
  5. Colorado
  6. Wyoming
  7. California
    1. Orient Trade
      1. Ports
        San Francisco
        San Diego
4. Nicholas P. Trist
  1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    1. Mexican Residents
      1. US Citizens
    2. US took Americans' Claims against Mexico
    3. Rio Grande Border
    4. US bought New Mexico and CA
      1. $15 Mil

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