Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Mexican American War mexican-american-war-113492973 - Coggle Diagram
Mexican American War
Battle of Alamo
Mexican troops reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar
13 day siege
Inspired Texan resistance
The saying "remember the Alamo" represented Texan 's negative sentiment towards Mexicans
Conflict over Borders
Mexico claimed their borders stopped at the Nueces River
Racial and discriminatory violence against Mexicans rose
Ignited much violence between the two groups
Many Mexicans became displaced following the end of the war
The U.S claimed their borders stopped at the Rio Grande
Manifest Destiny
Eurocentric belief
American settlers were meant to move West
Sparked mass migration
Justified the idea of expanding
James K. Polk supported the idea of Manifest Destiny and influence the expansion over Mexican territories
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty was signed on February 2, 1848
Officially ended the Mexican American War
Led to the Mexcian Cession of the states: California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming
Was a formal set of promises between the United States and Mexico
