Question

Match the developments related to the Mexican American War with the nation responsible for them

Answer 1

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States.

When was the Mexican-American War

April 25th 1846 - Febuary 2nd 1848

What were the deaths on each side as a consenquence of the Mexican American War?

About 25,000 Mexicans died (some from disease) and about 13,000 Americans died.

What is Thoreau saying about the North and South?

There are many politicians in the south but 100,000 more in the north. The north claims antislavery but won't carry out because they are more interested in money. Ordered troops to enter the land in feb. 1846. He wanted them to build forts in this area. He then sent a representative to MX to buy the territory for $20-$30 M. The mexicans were insulted and refused.