the u.s.-mexico war, contin ued
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The U.S.-Mexico War, contin ued. October 25, 2011. Agenda for Today Review: Why War? 1800-1846 How did the war play out? 1846-1848 What were the war’s lasting consequences? Post-1848 Group Presentation. Why War? 1800-1846 At least three sides of the story: Mexicans U.S.-Americans - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The U.S.-Mexico War, continuedOctober 25, 2011
Agenda for Today
Review: Why War? 1800-1846
How did the war play out? 1846-1848
What were the war’s lasting consequences? Post-1848
Group Presentation
Why War? 1800-1846
At least three sides of the story:
Mexicans
U.S.-Americans
Native Americans
The Mexican Side of the Story
Mexican Independence Economic Devastation
The Mexican Side of the Story
Mexican Independence Economic Devastation
Inherited and New Dilemmas How to Incorporate the Northern
Territories? How to Form A Nation?
The U.S. Side of the Story
Independence and Survival
The U.S. Side of the Story
Independence and Survival Slavery, Race, and Expansion
“Young Texas in Repose”: An Abolitionist View of Texas, c. 1845
The Native American Side of the Story
Southwest is Indian-dominated Territory
The Indian
Southwest, c. 1800
The Native American Side of the Story
Southwest is Indian-dominated territory Peace Agreements from the late-1700s
keep the Southwest relatively peaceful
The Native American Side of the Story
Southwest is Indian-dominated territory Peace Agreements from the late-1700s keep
the Southwest relatively peaceful Devastating Mexican-Indian War after
1830
Indian Raiding Routes
“When they have reduced the
settlements to the silence of deserts, this
they call peace.” Matamoros newspaper,
March 1, 1841
Indians and the U.S.-Mexico War, c. 1846
Governor of Chihuahua: “Chihuahua has to defend itself against the four divisions of Comanches, their Kiowa allies, the several tribes of Apaches, and now the Anglo-American...”
Governor of Durango: “And to think we owe all of this, to those infamous North American enemies who push the bloody hordes of savages upon us and direct their operations with unparalleled astuteness and ferocity.”
Why War?
At least three sides of the story:
Mexicans
Americans
Native Americans
The Outbreak of War
The Republic of Texas Requests Annexation to the United States, 1845
Polk bullies Mexico into war
Lecture Outline Review: Why war? 1800-1846
How did the war play out? 1846-1848
What were the war’s consequences? Post-1848
Three Arenas of War
Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon
The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and California
The advance on Central Mexico
Three Arenas of War
Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon
Timeline of War
The Battle of Palo Alto, May 1846
Three Arenas of War
Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and
California
The Occupation of Santa Fe, August 1846
The Conquest of California, October 1846-January 1847
Three Arenas of War
Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and
California The advance on Central Mexico
The Veracruz Landing
The Battle of Chapultepec, 1847
Why did it turn out the way it did?
Legacy of Indian Raids Divided loyalties in the North Internal Divisions in Mexico Technological Advantages of American Troops
Lecture Outline Review: Why war? 1800-1846
How did the war play out? 1846-1848
What were the war’s consequences? Post-1848
The Legacy for the U.S.A.
The Legacy for Native Americans
The Legacy for Mexico and Mexican Americans
Reading Discussion…