Chapter 16: Western Expansion and Conflict

Chapter 16: Western Expansion and Conflict

Section 1: The Mexican War

Fighting Breaks Out

•  1845: Mexicans angry about ______

•  Mexicans feared U.S. expansion

•  Mexico claimed the ______separated Texas and Mexico

•  U.S. citizens wanted paid for damages

•  Expulsion of U.S. settlers from ______

•  November 1845: Mexico refuses to meet with U.S. diplomat John Slidell

•  President ______ordered General Zachary Taylor and thousands of U.S. troops into Texas

•  ______—commander of U.S. forces in Texas when the Mexican War began

•  Late March ____: arrives along Rio Grande and discovers Mexican troops encamped across river

•  Early ______1846: Mexican general orders Taylor to return east of the Nueces

•  April 25, 1846: First action of war takes place when Mexican forces crossed the ______and attacked U.S. troops in Texas

•  Polk: “American blood has been shed on American soil"

•  ______: Congress declares war on Mexico

•  May 8-9, 1846: Taylor had already defeated the Mexicans in ______battles

Texans in the Mexican War

•  ______was leader of the Mexican forces during the war

•  Some 6,000 Texans volunteered for the war

•  Gov. James Pinckney Henderson temporarily left office to fight in the war

•  Texas Revolution veteran ______fled to Mexico and was forced to fight in the Mexican Army

•  Famous Texas Rangers that fought in the Mexican War

•  ______

•  ______

•  Refused to follow orders from U.S. Army officers

•  Attacked Mexican villages

•  Los diablos Tejanos

A U.S. Victory

•  ______—a major troop advance

•  Santa Anna demanded surrender

•  Victories at Buena Vista & Monterrey

•  General Winfield Scott’s strategy: ______

______

•  General Scott: ______

•  Other U.S. forces captured ______

•  The war ended when ______was captured by U.S. troops.

•  ______American troops lost their lives

•  Most U.S. soldiers died from ______

•  War cost the U.S. $98 million