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Mexican Cession I will be able to explain the causes and eﬀects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States.

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Mexican Cession

I will be able to explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-

Mexican War and their impact on the United States.

CAUSES

Why a war?

EFFECTS

What happened?

RIO GRANDE

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Mexican CessionCalifornia, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming

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$15 MILLION DOLLARS

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Manifest Destiny

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??? History Mystery ???

Why did the United States pay $10 million for the “little” piece of land known as the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 when the huge Louisiana Purchase and the large Mexican Cession only cost $15 million each?

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Mexico had a sellers’ market for that piece of desert because it provided a natural pass through the Rocky Mountain Range and got almost as much for that as for the whole Mexican Cession.

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