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Mexican-American War
CAUSES
we buy California and New Mexico from the Mexicans for 25 Million
Boarder disputes were Causes of the war
Zachary Taylor's Army attacked in "No Man's Land" -
Period: to
APUSH PERIOD 5 TIMELINE
ALL OF THE EVENTS IN PERIOD 5!!!! -
Consequences of the War
Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hdalgo (1848)
Rio Grande-SOuthern boarder of Texas
US takes CA and NM US pays 15$ million to settle Am. claims against mexico
Ramifications for slavery-
WIlmont Proviso
Increased tension: N vs. S -
compromise of 1850
CA has gain eligible to become a state
with their new constitution banning slavery
fire eaters comes to be
Clay's compromise
CA is freed by Utah & New Mexico deciding by popular sovereignty -
election of 1854
the canidaites running for presidednt were Winfield Scottt and Franklin Pierce
Neither one had a problem with the biggest issue: slavery
Winfield ends up winning by a landslide -
Manifest destiny
The soutth views the land they got from the war and thought it was dissatisfactiontary
Says that it was the right given to them by God to move west and gain the territory -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas's on national stage
*impact of the railroad
the proposal of the two territories deciding by popular sovereignty was a complete violation of the Missouri Compromise