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cause of mexican American war
texas gaining indendence from mexico
although Mexico was upset with the Texas indepdence , they did not care as long as…
they stayed indepdennt
did Texas want to stay independent
no
what did texas wanted to become a part of
US
why did Tyler jackson and MVB say no to texas annexation
did not want to go to war with mexico
james k polk got elected with the platform
he was going to annex Texas
polk sent who to Mexico city to negotiate land agreements with mexico
john sidel
what was sidel tasked with
ask Mexico for new mexico and california, and settle the border dispute of Mexico
the US believed the border for mexico was___ while the Mexicans thought it was ____
rio grande, nueces
going off of the Rio grande border granting more land to the US, who was sent there
taylor
why was Taylor sent to the area between the nueces and the Rio grande
to provoke the Mexicans into declaring war
once the Mexicans attack the US in the area between the nueces and Rio grande polk
declared war
In order to win the Mexican American war the US had to
conquer Mexico city
US leader who conquered Mexico city
winfield Scott
treaty that ended the Mexico American war
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
rio grande is the southern border, mexico gave the US California and new mexico for 15 mil,
gasden purchase was a part of the
treaty of guadalupe
gasden purchase
purchasing bottom part of Arizona
wilmot proviso
any land granted from the Mexican american war is off limits for slavery
did the wilmot proviso pass
no
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