MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

MANIFEST DESTINY

• The notion that the USA would stretch from the east coast to the west coast
• Was achieved after the end of the Mexican-American war

TERRITORIES ACQUIRED DURING MA WAR

• Texas
• California
• New Mexico

ECONOMIC OPPURTUNITIES

• Factory Work
• Indentured work
• Asians - Mines
• Slaves - Plantations

IMPORTANCE OF THE RAILWAY

• Helped with the transportation of resources
• Helped with westward expansion

MILITARY ADVANTAGES OVER MEXICO

• Bigger army
• More resources
• More ammunition
• Better funding

KEY VICTORIES

• Battle of Salo Alto
• Battle of Sacremento
• Battle of Chapultepec
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

NATIVE POLICY

• Usually never treated fairly
• USA implemented Indian removal act
• The act removed all natives west of the Mississippi River.