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1 Annexation of Texas and the US Invasion of Mexico

2 Crises with Mexico Cordova Rebellion President Mirabeau Lamar
Texas definition Mexico’s definition Santa Fe Expedition

3 Santa Anna Expedition (1842)
Invasion of Texas via San Antonio Gen. Rafael Vasquez – forces Texans to abandon San Antonio Gen. Adrian Woll – Dawson Massacre Somervell – Mier Expedition 3000 Mexican soldiers 650 dead; 200 wounded 261 Texas Militia 243 captured “Black Bean Incident”

4 US Annexation Bankruptcy Vulnerability US Public Opinion Opposition?
SLAVERY!!!!!!! Real Estate Investors John C. Calhoun England Manifest Destiny Opposition? Free Soilers

5 The Path to Statehood Constitutional Convention of 1845 (TX)
Texas Admission Act of 1845 Military protection

6 The War With Mexico President James K. Polk’s election
Gen. Zachary Taylor – ordered to provoke war Thornton Affair Slidell’s Mission

7 Polk’s War Declaration
“Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war.”

8 Congressional Debate Spot Resolution Asked Polk to answer to congress
Whether or not the people living in that region had ever submitted to US authority. Whether or not “citizens” were soldiers sent there by orders of the secretary of war or president. This was one of the few governmental protests of the Mexican War – and it cost this congressman his seat

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10 Interpretations of the War:
Mexico’s “Irrationality.” American Expansionism National Preservation Political Power American Racism Joaquin de Herrera General Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga

11 American Racism San Patricio brigade German and Irish sentiment

12 3 Pronged War California Texas Mexico Santa Anna - again
Polk sends Winfield Scott to invade Mexico overland. Santa Anna - again

13 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Ends War Mexico relinquished claims to Texas Mexico cedes northern territories $15 million paid to Mexico Debt assumption

14 Mexican Americans 86,000 – 116,000 Article VIII and IX - “protects” land and citizenship. Citizenship = Whiteness

15 Legacy of the war Historical distrust
Popular condemnation of US American Popular sentiment blaming ills on US imperialism US will deal with the issue of slavery in the territories Wilmot Proviso Escalates debates over slavery and leads to Civil War

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