mexican-american war (1846-1848)
what was general winfield Scott's nickname
"grand old man of the army"
what was general Zachary Taylor's nickname
"old, rough, and ready"
what did james k polk say the mexican did
"spilled blood on U.S. soil"
what does the treaty of surrender give us
-Texas -New Mexico -Utah -California -Arizona -Nevada (and some of colorado)
how many americans die in this war
13,000
what year did Mexico get independence
1821
what time frame did the mexican american war take place in
1846-1848
how many americans were in texas by 1830
30,000
how many mexicans vs how many texans
6,000 mexican troops vs, at most, 250 texans
when does santa anna attack the alamo
February of 1836
what happens in april of 1846
Mexican forces cross rio grande and attack a small detachment of U.S. forces
polk tries to purchase California from Mexico but what happened
Mexico wouldn't even talk to the U.S.
who was the California campaign lead by
Stephen Kearny
what happened after santa anna abolished local rights of texans (americans)
a rebellion breaks out
what did Antonio santa anna do once he became president in 1833
abolished local rights of americans (texans)
did the mexicans outnumber the americans or did the americans outnumber the mexicans
americans outnumbered mexicans 10-1 and so the mexicans start to restrict immigration by americans in their country
why did the americans wanna move to mexico
because mexico had good farmland
what were the mexicans sensitive about
bringing slaves
by what time was California in U.S. hands
by january of 1847
by when did the U.S. have Mexico xity in the hands of the U.S.
by september of 1847
who were the mexican people getting attacked by
comanche and apache Native American tribes
after james k polk said the mexicans "spilled blood on U.S. soil" what happens
congress gives him a declaration of war
mexico back then was actually
current day texas
what did the mexicans say
dont bring slaves (the americans brought slaves anyways)
who was the general that invaded northern Mexico
general Zachary taylor
who was very successful at pushing Mexican army back
general Zachary taylor
who conducted an amphibious attack at vera cruz
general winfield scott
what does santa anna do because of this rebellion
he marches his army to texas in late 1835
who was killed during the California campaign war
henry clay jr was killed during this war
when does Texas end up becoming a state
in December of 1845
election of 1844/who was the 11th president
james k polk
what did texas sought to do
join the U.S.
what is complete
manifest destiny James k. polk made it happen
who did we fight
mexico
free state:
oregon
who becomes the president of mexico in 1833
president Antonio santa anna
james k polk was the only president to do what
promise to do 5 things and when he gets in office he does them all
what becomes the Mexican border
rio grande
who defeats santa anna at houston
sam houston
who could not defend again
santa anna ( at first surrender was difficult because all the Mexican generals fled)
who is captured and what do they force him to do
santa anna; give up texas
who did Mexico get independence from
spain
what other gov. position did james k polk hold
speaker of the house
what were the americans living in texas called
texans
lots of americans moved down there
texas
slave state:
texas
what did Mexico consider the border
the Nueces (130 miles north)
what does the redstripe on marine corp uniform (UNC uniform) commemorate what
the UNC's that died at Chapultepec
who did the mexicans have fight the apache and comanche tribes
the americans
what battle took place within Mexico City
the battle of Chapultepec
what did texas call itself
the lone star republic
what did the U.S. consider the border
the rio grande river
how long does the attack of the alamo take
the whole thing takes two weeks
what religion did the americans have to be in order to live in mexico
they had to be catholic
how did they handle the slave owning non slave owning fairness
they made oregon a free state and texas a slave state