Annexation/Mexican War/Compromise of 1850 Review

1845
Reasons for TX
Annexation

Causes of Mexican
War

Effects of Mexican
War

Manifest Destiny

Reasons Against
Texas Annexation
Events Leading to
the Mexican War

Mexican Cession

Texas was annexed to the US

Achieve Manifest Destiny
Pay off TX Debts
Protection from Mexico and Native
Americans
Tx / Mx border dispute
Mexico threatened war if TX annexed.
Polk wants to Achieve Manifest Destiny
needs California.
Mexican Cession (nv, nm, co, ut,ca)
Achieve Manifest Destiny
Treaty of Guadalupe -Hidalgo
Rio Grande as TX/MX border
Need Compromise of 1850
The belief that God wants the United States to
own all the land from the Atlantic to Pacific
Ocean.
Tx had Slavery
Would upset balance of free and slave states
Mexico threatened war if TX annexed by US
TX was annexed
Polk wants Cali & Manifest Destiny
Polk placed troops on the Rio Grande
Mexico attacked
Congress declared War
Land US got from Mexican War.

Land west of TX to Pacific Ocean.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
US got NM, UT, CO, NV, CA, AZ.
Mexican Cession : paid Mexico 15 Million
Texas Rangers
During the Mexican War Tx Rangers acted as
Scouts for the US Army.
New Englanders
Did not want the Mexican War
Did not want slavery in the Mexican Cession
Did not want a stronger fugitive slave law.
Texas/New Mexico NM did not want to be a part of Texas
Dispute
Texas claims Rio Grande as Western Border.
Fugitive Slave Law South wanted a stronger fugitive slave law.
This law made the north very angry.
Compromise of
*North gets California as a free state, South
1850
gets NM &UT people get to vote on slavery
*North gets slave trade in Wash DC
abolished; South gets a stronger fugitive slave
law.
*TX gives up claims to NM & other western
claims; TX get 10 Million to pay off debts.