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War Chart: Mexican-American War
1846-1848
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Causes• Manifest Destiny• Texas (was part of
Mexico, independent in 1836, annexed to U.S. in 1845 – Mexico unhappy about all of it)
• U.S. offered to buy California for $5 mill., then $25 mill. – Mexico insulted
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Spark• Pres. Polk orders Zachary Taylor to
cross Nueces River and wait to be attacked
• It happens April 25, 1846
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Strategy• Americans
• Use Navy as well as Land forces• California• Mexico City
• Attack Mexico City• Fight until you get where
you’re going
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Mexico
• Guerilla tactics• Constantly train new troops• 20,000 trained for Mexico City alone
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Key/Turning Point Battles
• Santa Fe (1846)• Monterey (1846)• Buena Vista
(1847)• Mexico City (Sep.
1847)• Actually a series
of battles
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Heroes (and Goats)
• Americans• Zachary Taylor• Stephen Kearney• Winfield Scott• James K. Polk
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Mexican Heroats
• Santa Anna• 4 boys at Chapultepec• US Army deserters (Saint Patrick’s
Battalion)
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Costs ($ and Lives)
• Americans• Over 13,000 dead• $70 Mill ($1.1 bill. Different
conversion rate based on per capita income of U.S. residents)
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Cost cont.• Mexicans• Over 25,000 dead – according to
some estimates, may be higher
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Treaty
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 2, 1848)
• Terms• Gives California, Arizona,
New Mexico, and Nevada to U.S.
• Mexico gives up Texas and sets boundary at Rio Grande
• U.S. pays Mexico $15 mill. for land we took
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Non-Treaty Results/Long-term Significance
• Proves worth of U.S. military academies
• More respect for U.S. military power
• Bad relations with Latin America
• Slavery extension to new territories
• Gave experience to young officers who are anxious for more war