JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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texas wanted to be annexed into the US, so they were annexed in 1845. Mexico still considered it part of its territory so a war started, the war lasted only 20 months and the victory helped reach the goal of manifest destiny
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Mexico agreed to accept the Rio Grande. Mexico also recognized Texas belongs to the US. Mexico gave up their long stretch of land between Texas and the
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mexico also feared a domino effect-that giving up Texas would lead to the loss of their other northern territories. Many Mexicans also distrusted the other powers involved in the Texas dispute.
Detailed explanation-2: -Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).
Detailed explanation-3: -Under the treaty, Mexico also recognized the U.S. annexation of Texas, and agreed to sell California and the rest of its territory north of the Rio Grande for $15 million plus the assumption of certain damage claims.
Detailed explanation-4: -Two long years had passed after the initial shots were fired, sparking the Mexican American War in 1846. After United States forces under General Winfield Scott captured and occupied Mexico City in 1848, Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna surrendered. Thus, ending the war which began as a border dispute.