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There were only 13 states when the United States first started out.
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In 1803 Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase doubled the United States.
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Texas called itself the "lone star republic"
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U.S brought texas into the union.
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He said
"It is our manifest destiny to overspead the continent allotted by providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions"
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Mexicans were not allowed to cross the Rio Grande River.
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General Taylor's army arrived in Rio Grande.
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General Taylor's army was surrounded and attacked by Mexicans. There were 16 killed, others were wounded and the rest were captured.
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The Whigs felt it was important to have California, but they wanted to get it without war. People of the church were either for the war or didn't say a word. Artists and Poets were very against the war.
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Not only U.S. citizons want Mexican land to have more slave states, they just wanted more states in general.
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There were a group of Irish Workmen that were against the war because if the U.S. won, they would be more slave states. More slave states meant U.S. citizons would need more slaves; more slaves meant the Irish Workmen would lose their jobs to become slaves for no money.
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In Polk's cabinet meeting, he suggests a declaration of war.
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The United States commoners thought of Mexicans of uncivilized beings.
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He refused to pay his poll taxes and spent that night in jail. His friends payed his taxes and he got out of jail the next day.
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In Los Angeles, the Mexican army forced the U.S. to surrender, but only in L.A.
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After they surrendered Los Angeles, Sickness was everywhere there.
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He was elected to congress and opposed Polk's idea of the war.
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Recruitment was crashing, so the requirements for physical was lowered. Anyone who could fine any recruits would get paid two extra dollars.
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General Arista's army had 5,000 men but Taylor's army had 3,000 men. This battle was at the Rio Grande River.
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The United States were too much for mexico's army to handle.
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A horrible battle was fought. Sickness and pain was everywhere after that battle.
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His lecture was about "resistance to civil government" which later became the essay "Civil Disobedience".
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Some people did not support the war because they did not want people to interact with another race. Some thought a pure, white society to ideal to all.
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Many people were volunterring for the war and most were immagrants. The reaon for this was because immagrants came to the country to work and the army had a good paycheck.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. The United States paid $15 million for half of Mexico. Although, America claimed they did not get it because they killed, they did. All paying for it did, was give them a good image.
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Some people wanted more slave states than there were.
