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  Major groups left there homes and it caught a lot of farmers attention. 90,000 migrated and 5,000 died on the way
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  Forced tribes to cede land that was promised in a treaty
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  A large army was raised to cruch the American rebellion.The Mexican destroyed the defenders of the Alamo
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  The Mormons were founded by Joseph Smith.The Mormons wanted relocate after Smith was killed by a mob
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  Wanted to add California and New Mexico and was willing to do so by any means. Was interested in adding Texas
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  The Mexican army was defeated and it established independence for Texas
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  The Mexicans attacked the U.S. first at a fort in Rio Grande and that's what started the war
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  In the treaty the U.S. got California,Arizona,Utah,New Mexico and Nevada.The U.S paid the Mexicans $15 million
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  Gold was discover in 1848 which triggered a lot of people to rush over to California to get the gold. About 100,000- 400,000
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  The treaty tried to make boundaries for tribes and offering them $50,000 a year
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  Established the final borders of the lower 48 states