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ELECTION OF 1844 AND MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
JAMES K. POLK
Promised to only run for 4 years Promised to get California from Mexico Promised to settle Oregon dispute “Fifty Four Forty or Fight” Wanted to annex Texas Believed in Manifest Destiny
JAMES K. POLK
DISPUTED AREAS IN 1840
OREGON DISPUTE
Polk Promised to gain control of this area
The United States almost went to war with Britain over this.
Polk did not want to go to war, he agreed that north of 49 degrees latitude would be Britain’s and anything south would be the U.S.
SAM HOUSTON
Signed Treaty of annexation with U.S. Senate refused to ratify the treaty Houston went to Senate and told them
Texas was going to be an ally with Britain
The Senate ratified the treaty
SAM HOUSTON
BORDER DISPUTE WITH TEXAS
Texas claimed Rio Grande as southern border
Mexico claimed the Nueces River as its northern border
TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
1848- officially ended the Mexican American War
Mexico was forced to cede California and New Mexico
Cede-to give U.S. paid Mexico $15 million and honored
Spanish-speakers 1853 agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for
Arizona and New Mexico-Gadsden Purchase