1810 - 1850

Question 0

What year did Mexico get independence and how did the US react?

Answer 0

1821, full support, recognised the independent country and helped them set up government

Question 1

Who led the 1810 Rebellion in Mexico that led to Mexican independence from Spain?

Answer 1

Father Miguel Hidalgo

Question 2

How and why was Northern Mexico settled in the 1820s and 30s?

Answer 2

Mexico didn’t want to leave the land uninhabited as European colonists may try to take it. Offered it to US citizens who had to swear allegiance to Mexico and become Mexican citizens. Developed Texas.

Question 3

How and why did Texas secede from Mexico?

Answer 3

Texans upset at Mexican turmoil during this period, slavery not practiced in Mexico, taxes etc., declare independence in 1835, beat Mexican army, become the Texas Lone Star State, independent for 10 years

Question 4

When and why was Texas annexed by the United States?

Answer 4

1845, Congress recognised and annexed Texas, Mexican protest, Texas protested and continued to claim independence, Manifest Destiny, US wanted to own all of continental North America

Question 5

When was the Monroe Doctrine produced?

Answer 5

1823, Manifest Destiny

Question 6

What issues were happening in Mexico in the 1840s and 50s?

Answer 6

Civil wars, invasions from Europe (Spain, France), division between liberals and conservatives, new constitution, growing conflict with the US

Question 7

What triggered the US-Mexican War?

Answer 7

President Polk tried to buy western territories from Mexico for $25 million, Mexico refuses, Polk decides to occupy disputed lands, Mexico attack, Polk declares war and gets support from Congress

Question 8

When was the US-Mexican War and how did it end?

Answer 8

1846-48, American victory, Treaty of Guadalupe Hdalgo, Mexico halved, US doubles in size, acquires Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, California, Arizona and parts of Colorado, loss of trust and damages US-Mexican relations

Question 9

What happened to Mexicans in newly annexed territories?

Answer 9

Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hdalgo Mexicans got full US citizenship, got to keep lands they already owned etc.

Question 10

How did the Gold Rush (1848/9) negatively affect both US-Mexican relations and Mexicans living in the United States?

Answer 10

Mexico unhappy, gold in their former territories, eroded Mexican rights, powerful US figures made them second class citizens, land grabs, Mexicans had to pay foreigners tax for a time to dig in the Gold Rush