USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mexico’s winning of independence from Spain slowed American expansion westward. Members of the Donner party engaged in cannibalism when stranded on their way to California. Mexico initially banned all American settlement in Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -What effect did Mexico’s winning its independence from Spain have on American settlement in the Southwest? American settlement and expansion into the former Spanish territories increased after Mexico gained independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, it tried to keep American traders out of New Mexico. False. The Mexican government welcomed American traders because they thought trade was good for the economy. Many Americans thought New Mexico was part of their Manifest Destiny.

Detailed explanation-4: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip. Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mexico lost the war and signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, giving up the territory known as the Mexican Cession (which now includes California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico).