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Mexican-American War - Coggle Diagram
Mexican-American War
Mexico City
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Tried to show good standing with Mexican people by going to Catholic Mass/ Never burned or killed anyone that was not apart of the War
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Northern Mexico Campaign
Texas gathers about 6,000 men to form her militia to help Taylor
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Texas Volunteers went into Mexico and Taylor had to send them back to the Rio Grande (they were slaughtering everyone they came to)
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Results
Rio Grande as Texas border and purchased California and New Mexico for 19 million from Mexico (making the War look legit)
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Intensified sectional divisions, and racism (giving Mexico back or taking more land and going further south) changed the political balance
Found Gold in the rivers in California and rail road being built from coast to coast for easy transportation
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How?
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Both claimed Rio Grande/ both sent scouting parties and once Mexico killed an American "on American land" war started
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