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The Mexican American War. What was manifest destiny who was the president during this time. Click the card to flip 👆. America had the right to spread democracy the president was James Polk. Click the card to flip 👆. 1 / 25.
Teacher 16 terms. Preview. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like When and why did the Mexican American war begin?, Where did the Mexican-American War take place?, What forced the war to end? and more.
rileybraksiek1. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Manifest Destiny (yes or no), Whig- Henry Clay Dem- James Polk, He saw the outcome of the election and saw it as a "mandate from the voters" and more.
-Defused tension between North (Free) and South (Slavery)-North kept whole territory gained from Mexican American War and South got fugitive Slave Laws passed (required all captured, escaped slaves to be returned to South & people had to cooperate)-Texas got its present shape from the slave line made (Texas had to get rid of very tip to be considered a fully slave state)
Mexican Cession. a battle that ended that ended the war and forced territory to the United States. Battle of Buena Vista. the American army gained control of the northern Mexico. Stephen F. Austin. started a colony in Texas. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Mexican leader. John Tyler.
Terms in this set (6) James Polk. 11th President of the United States; his expansion lede to Mexican-American War and annexation of California and much of the southwest. Mexican-American War 1846-1848. Conflict between the US and Mexico that after the US annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its own.
WAR! : When Polk also sent a representative to the Mexican capital at Mexico City to negotiate the border, Mexican officials refused to meet with him. After fighting broke out between Taylor's troops and the Mexican army, Polk blamed Mexico for starting the fighting. He asked Congress to declare war.
