Mexican American war apush

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