1. Objective: To examine the results of the Mexican War.
Do Now:
What action by Santa Anna convinced Texans to fight for independence?
2) What role did the idea of Manifest Destiny play in the election of 1844?
Santa Anna and his men slaughtered all of the Texans at the Alamo.
Video: Texans avenge the Alamo and defeat Santa Anna at San Jacinto – 2:50 (third link under “Two Views of Texas”)
James Polk used the idea of Manifest Destiny to get elected with slogans such as “Fifty-four forty or fight” and “All of Oregon or none.”
Video: Pres. Polk uses his inaugural address to advocate U.S. expansion (:44) – after clicking, go to the third link from the bottom

2. • Soon afterwards, California joined the United States.
Video: American settlers head west to seek prosperity in California (3:14) – eighth link under the heading “Manifest Destiny”
• Americans in California overthrew the Mexicans in 1846, declaring the independent nation of the Bear Flag Republic.
• Soon afterwards, California joined the United States.

3. This flag, raised at Sonoma on June 14, 1846, was destroyed in the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire. The star imitated the lone star of Texas. A grizzly bear represented the many bears seen in the state. The Bear Flag was replaced by the American flag.

4. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – 1848
• Mexico recognized the Texas-Mexico border as the Rio Grande.
• Mexico ceded the Mexican Cession to the United States.
• Today, the Mexican Cession includes the states of CA, NV, UT, and parts of AZ, NM, CO, and WY.
Gadsden Purchase The United States bought southern New Mexico and Arizona for $10 million.
• The United States paid Mexico $15 million.