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Chapter 16: Western Expansion and Conflict Section 1: The Mexican War

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Chapter 16: Western Expansion and Conflict

Section 1: The Mexican War

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Fighting Breaks Out

•1845: Mexicans angry about annexation and signing of the Texas admission Act

•Mexicans feared U.S. expansion

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Fighting Breaks Out

• Mexico claimed the Nueces River separated Texas and Mexico

• U.S. citizens wanted paid for damages

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Fighting Breaks Out

• Expulsion of U.S. settlers from California

• November 1845: Mexico refuses to meet with U.S. diplomat John Slidell

John Slidell

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Fighting Breaks Out

•President Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor and thousands of U.S. troops into Texas

President James K. Polk

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Fighting Breaks Out

•Zachary Taylor—commander of U.S. forces in Texas when the Mexican War began

Zachary Taylor

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Fighting Breaks Out

•Late March 1846: arrives along Rio Grande and discovers Mexican troops encamped across river

•Early April 1846: Mexican general orders Taylor to return east of the Nueces

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Fighting Breaks Out

• April 25, 1846: First action of war takes place when Mexican forces crossed the Rio Grande and attacked U.S. troops in Texas

• Polk: “American blood has been shed on American soil"

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Fighting Breaks Out

•May 13, 1846: Congress declares war on Mexico

•May 8-9, 1846: Taylor had already defeated the Mexicans in two battles

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Texans in the Mexican War

• Santa Anna was leader of the Mexican forces during the war

• Some 6,000 Texans volunteered for the war

Antonio López de Santa Anna

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Texans in the Mexican War

Gov. James Pinckney Henderson temporarily left

office to fight in the war

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Texans in the Mexican War

•Texas Revolution veteran Juan Seguín fled to Mexico and was forced to fight in the Mexican Army

Juan Seguín

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Texans in the Mexican War

Famous Texas Rangers that fought in the Mexican War

John “Rip” Ford John Coffee Hays

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Texans in the Mexican War

•Refused to follow orders from U.S. Army officers

•Attacked Mexican villages

•Los diablos Tejanos

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A U.S. Victory

•Offensive—a major troop advance

•Santa Anna demanded surrender

•Victories at Buena Vista & Monterrey

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A U.S. Victory

• General Winfield Scott’s strategy: landing forces in Monterrey and marching them inland to Mexico City

General Winfield Scott

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A U.S. Victory

• General Scott: captured Mexico City

• Other U.S. forces captured New Mexico & California

• The war ended when Mexico City was captured by U.S. troops.

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A U.S. Victory

•13,000 American troops lost their lives

•Most U.S. soldiers died from disease

•War cost the U.S. $98 million

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