WHAT IF WINFIELD SCOTT GOT SHOT AND DIED IN BATTLE IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR?Kayla Guzman

GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN ARMY, WINFIELD SCOTT….

• Winfield Scott led the u.s army and successfully sieged Veracruz, and the following battles showing out successful for the Americans.

• The Battle of Chapultepec was the final and successful battle for the Americans, ended the war with the Treaty of Hidalgo Guadalupe

• Mexico lost 1/3 of its territory including: California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico.

MEXICO WOULD HAVE WON THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

• The American Army under general Zachary Taylor was weakening after the Battle of Monterrey

• If Winfield Scott would have died in battle at the Battle of Veracruz, without his strategic plans the Americans would have begun losing afterwards.

• Would have become stronger and larger than the U.S.

Source: The U.S-Mexican War; A binational reader, by Christopher Conway and Gustavo Pelon

MEXICO WOULD HAVE A BETTER ECONOMY AFTER THE GOLD

RUSH• California would have still been Mexican

territory

• so the Gold Rush would have made Mexico wealthier, as it would rejuvenate Mexico’s economy and its social growth.

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/after-gold-rush/

SLAVERY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOLISHED EARLIER

• President Vicente Guerrero, Mexico’s first black president, abolished slavery in 1829.

• Territory that Mexico owned in America; California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, would not have had slavery.

Source: https://newstaco.com/2015/02/12/mexicos-black-president-abolished-slavery-before-u-s-civil-

war/

IF WINFIELD SCOTT HAD DIED, AND MEXICO WON THE WAR…

• Mexico would have a much better economy and less social problems than it has today.

• Mexico could have become a superpower instead of the United States

• People of Color would have probably dominated the world.

WORKS CITED

• http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/winfield_scott.htm

• https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/after-gold-rush/

• https://newstaco.com/2015/02/12/mexicos-black-president-abolished-slavery-before-u-s-civil-war/

• https://www.thoughtco.com/battles-of-the-mexican-american-war-2136200