MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

MANIFEST DESTINY

TERRITORIES ACQUIRED UNDER THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

• California
• Texas and Colorado
• New Mexico
• Arizona, part of Wyoming
• Nevada and Utah

ECONOMIC OPPURTINITES

• There was plentiful, cheap land
• Railroad based businesses
• City jobs banking, clothing etc
• because of the increased population growth everywhere
• Gold digging in the eastern US

MILITARY ADVANTAGES

• Better artillery (cannons and mortars)
• Excellent battle strategy
• Exemplary generals and junior officers from West Point
• Soldiers better equipped by the large amount of resources put into the war effort

KEY BATTLES WON

• Battle of Palo Alto
• The Battle of Buena Vista
• The Battle of Chapultepec
• The Battle of Mexico City

US INDIAN POLICIES

• Indian Removal Act, made Indians give up land east of the Mississippi
• Dawes Act, broke up the Indian nations
• The Civilization Fund Act, attempt to educate the Indians