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14 Cards in this Set
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General who led soldiers to Rio Grande |
General Zachary Taylor |
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Sea to shining sea |
Manifest Destiny |
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Formally giving territory |
ceding |
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President at the time |
James K. Polk |
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US Border |
Rio Grande |
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Mexico Border |
Nueces River |
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Formal treaty calling the cease fire of the Mexican American War |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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Other General |
General Winfield Scott |
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Mexico Leader |
Mariona Paredes Y Arrigalla |
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Victories |
Monterrey and Mexico City |
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US Negotiator |
John Slidell |
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Declaration of War |
May 13, 1846 |
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Why war? |
Blood on US soil |
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US paid _____ to Mexico for cession |
$15 million |
