Consequences of the Mexican-American War

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When did the United States win the war?

• With the settlers' insurrection in Caifornia

• With the fall of Mexico City

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When did the war officially end?

• March 1847

• July 1846

• February 1848

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The Rio Grande was set as the border between Texas and Mexico

Mexico gave up its northernmost territories of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The Treaty of Mexico City

• The Treaty of San Jacinto

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What was one major question after the United States added so much new land?

• Would the U.S. be able to protect this new land from attacks?

• Would these states be free states or slave states?

MAP ("Westward Expansion, 1783 - 1853")

The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 gave the United States most of the southern part of which state?

• Texas

• California

• Utah

• Arizona

MAP ("Westward Expansion, 1783 - 1853")

The Oregon Territory was bought from which nation in 1846?

• Mexico

• Spain

• Great Britain

• France

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Why did the Wilmot Proviso never become law?

• It passed several times in the House of Representatives but not in the Senate.

• The Supreme Court did not make a decision about it.

NEW BORDERS, NORTH AND SOUTH

Where did lawmakers from the United States and Great Britain agree that the northern border of the United States would be?

• The 49th Parallel (or line of latitude)

• The 62nd Parallel (or line of latitude)

NEW BORDERS, NORTH AND SOUTH

Which cultural group has deep roots in the Southwest United States?

• Irish Americans

• German Americans

• Mexican Americans

CHART ("Gadsden Purchase by the Numbers")

True or False?

At the time of the Gadsden Purchase, $10 million bought a lot.

• True

• False