MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Mexico was violently attacking Texan settlers for no reason.
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Mexican troops were advancing on the Texas capital.
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The region provided a tactical advantage against Mexico.
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He was purposefully provoking a war with Mexico as a tactic to acquire Mexican land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On May 12, 1846, the United States Senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico. President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande. But Mexico claimed this land as its own territory and accused the American military of having invaded.
Detailed explanation-2: -Polk grew frustrated. Determined to acquire the land, he sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war. When the Mexicans fired on American troops in April 25, 1846, Polk had the excuse he needed.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Polk had a short list of “great measures” he intended to accomplish. Among them was the acquisition of Mexican California. Gold had not been discovered there yet, but Polk wanted California and its magnificent San Francisco Bay as the American gateway to trade with China and other Asian nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Polk was willing to go to war against Mexico over Texas, but not against Britain over Oregon because Britain was more powerful (more of a threat) than Mexico, and so a war with Mexico would be less costly than one with Britain.
Detailed explanation-5: -He believed the Whigs would not support more aggressive expansion. President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following? Many Southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory.