MEXICO: BATTLE FOR NORTH AMERICA
Describe the situation of Mexico in 1837.
How did events affect Santa Anna?
What were relations between France and Mexico like in 1838?
Identify:
Pastry War
What was the role and personality of Santa Anna?
James K. Polk
How did Mexico react to the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1844?
What specific issue precipitated war between the United States and Mexico?
Identify:
Zachary Taylor
How was the Mexican War received in the United States?
Discuss U.S. military actions in the war.
What was the role of Santa Anna in the war?
Describe the state of the Mexican army.
Identify:
Winfield Scott
Battle of Buena Vista
Jefferson Davis
Veracruz
Cerra Gordo
Chapultepec
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Sale of southern Arizona
Discuss the differing paths of the United States and Mexico in the decades following the Mexican-American War.
Describe the Constitution of 1857
Identify:
Benito Juárez
What were his goals?
fueros
Describe the situation of the Roman Catholic Cutch in Mexico.
How did Mexican Liberals react to the Church?
Identify:
Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)
What provoked French intervention in Mexico in 1861?
How did the United States respond?
Identify:
Porfírio Díaz
Cinco de Mayo
How did Juárez react to the French occupation of Mexico City?
Identify:
Maximilian and Carlotta
Describe the war between Juárez and the French.
What happened to Maximilian? |