Mexican American War
By: Lauryn Harris
War Summary
Political Leaders
Mexican: Santa Anna & Mariono Peades
US: James K. Polk
Military Leaders
Mexican: Santa Anna
US: Ulysess S. Grant & Winfeild Scott
Causes of the War
1. Mexico thought it was Nueces and Texas thought it was the Rio Grande.
2. Texas thought God wanted them to have land. (Manifest Destiny)
3. Mexcio was insulted because Texas offered to buy land.
Terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
-Texas had to be part of the United States.
-Mexican Cession(California, Arizona, Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada.)
-Mexico got 15 million dollars.
Three Main Battles
1. Palo ALto
2. Monterrey
3. Bueno Vista
Compromise of 1850
When slaves got free they had to go back to slaves. They had to make more slave states.
Manifest Destiny
The white men thought it was their fate and that God told them to have all of the land from East to West.