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Unit 3: Westward Expansion (Mexico (Mexican American War 1846-1848…
Unit 3: Westward Expansion
Mexico
Mexico Ananxetion of Texas
-Mexico and the United States agreed to make Texas the 28th state in 1845
keeping slavery legal was a must
Mexican American War 1846-1848
American troops were sent there by President Polk
Mexico is angry about Annaxetion of Texas
Mexican President Santa Anna tells President Polk he will end war peacefully but he was joking
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
officially ends the Mexican-American war
Mexico gives New Mexico and California to America
Native Americans
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
Manifest Destiny
the 19th century belief that the united states would inevitably expand westward to the pacific ocean and into Mexican territoty
Slavery
Triangle Trade
the system of trading that brought slaves to the American colonies in exchange for good
British brought slavery to America during the 16th century
12.5 million slaves were brought to the America
10.5 million
