Mexican American War Cause and Effect

Was the Mexican-American War a cause or effect of Westward Expansion?

• Cause

• Effect

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a result of ...

• Texas Annexation

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

The takeover increased the tension between the United States and Mexico.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Oregon Territory

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

Determine whether the statements are a cause or an effect of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

Groups:

(a) Cause

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(b) Effect

• US diplomates agreed to pay $15 million to Mexico.

• Texas lost claims to territory in present-day New Mexico.

• Mexico agreed to the southern border of the Rio Grande.

• President Polk sent troops to the Nueces River.

• US troops captured Mexico City during the war.

Before The Mexican-American War, Texas declared its independence from _____________.

• Canada

• Mexico

• Spain

• Europe

Why did James K. Polk want to annex Texas?

• To create unity among Americans

• To build a trade partnership with Mexico

• To protect America from invasion from Mexico

• To achieve Manifest Destiny

Why are we learning about this?

• Mexico never forgave us

• It's how we got a lot of our land Southwest

• It was a war that America won

When did Polk sign the declaration of war?

• 1815

• 1835

• 1820

• 1846

Why did many presidents not want to annex Texas?

• They feared it would cause a war with Mexico

• They believed it was too expensive

• They didn't support the people who were in charge of Texas

Determine whether the statements are a cause or effect of the U.S.-Mexican War.

Groups:

(a) Causes of the US - Mexican War.

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(b) Effect of the US-Mexican War

• Mexico agreed to the southern border of the Rio Grande.

• US soldiers camperd in the disputed territory near the Rio Grande

• Officials on both sides signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

• US diplomates agreed to pay $15 million to Mexico

• Polk wanted to fulfill the ideas of Manifest Destiny.