War with Mexico which began in 1846 when the U.S. annexed Texas and Mexico challenged the Border. Battles were fought in Texas, and Mexico was invaded from the Atlantic Ocean by General Winfield Scott. Scott attacked Mexico City and Chapultepec. The war ended with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.
  • Mexican-American war
  • Gadsen purchase
  • Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
  • Bear flag revolt
to take or attach territory, especially territory conquered during a war.
  • annex
  • cede
  • ratify
  • territory
political opportunist and general who served as president of Mexico eleven different times and commanded the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution in the 1830s and the war with the United States in the 1840s.
  • Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
  • Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
  • Benito juarez
  • General bustamante
The belief that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The phrase was coined by New York journalist John L. O'Sullivan.
  • gadsen Purchase
  • annex
  • "Manifest Destiny"
  • "remember the maine"
a treaty that the US forced Mexico to sign in 1848, giving Mexico's northern lands to the US (NM,CO,AZ,UT,CA,NV)
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
  • Mexican-american War
  • Bear Flag Revolt
1846, PA Congressman David Wilmot proposed that a bill be amended to forbid slavery in any of the new territories taken from Mexico; passed House twice but failed to pass Senate
  • annex
  • Wilmot Proviso
  • Gadsen Purchase
  • "Manifest Destiny"
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