Mexican-American War

By: Marcella, Jake, Cooper, and Quinn

Causes of the Mexican-American War

Border dispute between U.S. and Mexico
Annexation of Texas the into U.S.

How the
MexicanAmerican
War
Began

The Battle of Palo Alto

Important battle of the Mexican American War

Important People in the Mexican-American War

Winfield
Scott
Santa Anna

Stephen
Kearny
John
Fremont

Zachary
Taylor

James
Polk

Im portant Events of the M exican-Am erican W ar

Four pronged attack plan
Los N inos heroes
Recapture of N ew M exico and California
M arch on M exico City

Battle of Mexico City

Los Ninos Heroes
General Winfield Scott
U.S won and occupied the city
This marked the unofficial end of war

Conclusion and Aftermath of the Mexican-American War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Many americans were killed and wounded
Mexico was stripped of half of their territory
The topic of slavery drove the North & South apart
Controversy of what to do with the new the land

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2015.
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University, Inc. 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 Oct. 2015

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Photo URLs (In order of usage in this presentation)

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365071301/

slide one

https://verdict.justia.com/2014/05/12/ninth-circuit-departs-tinker-upholding-ban-american-flag-t-shirts-school
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/intra/professional/student_work/west_web4/fremont%20bio.htm
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Watts-Kearny
http://thomaslegion.net/generalwinfieldscott.html

slide two flags

slide three John Fremont

slide three Stephan Kearny

slide three Winfield Scott

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/468132959577178112

slide three Santa Anna

http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects06/magsylje/characters.html

slide three President James Polk

Photo URLs (continued)

http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/n/ninos_heroes.htm
http://marinhistory.org/old/thiswkarchiveAug10.html

slide four los ninos heroes

slide four bear flag republic

http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/mexican-american_war.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hfCC7uwoO8

slide four Mexico City

slide five Mexican Cession