9.4 The War With Mexico RB 293-299 24. Northerners in the US did not want to annex Texas because they feared it would increase the number of Senators who favored slavery. 25. The president responsible for the annexation of Texas was Zachary Taylor 26. People in the Republic of Texas insisted that their border extended to the Nueces River. 27. John Slidell was sent to Mexico to purchase California & New Mexico but the president of Mexico refused to see him. 28. General Zachary Taylor was sent to the Nueces River to blockade the river and provoke a war. 29. The US Supreme Court declared war against Mexico after 11 US soldiers were killed in a “skirmish”. 30. Colonel Stephen Kearny arrived in New Mexico to fight the Mexicans but they surrendered without a shot. 31. John Boatman lead a rebellion in California & proclaimed it the Bear Flag Republic. 32 . Two of the leaders in the war against Mexico were Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. 33. American General Zachary Taylor acquired the nickname “Old Rough and Sturdy”. 34. Santa Anna & his troops lost to Zachary Taylor at the battle of Buena Vista. 35. 150,000 Mexicans died in the Mexican war against the United States. 36. The United States lost 11,000 men in the war against Mexico. 37. Most of the American fatalities were a result of disease. 38. The war against Mexico enlarged us territory by one-half. 39. The treaty of Monterrey Antonio ended the war between Mexico and the United States. 40. The United States agreed to pay $30 million for the territory Mexico ceded to the US after the war. 41. The Mexican Cession included present-day California, Nebraska, Washington and Wyoming. 42. In 1853, US President Franklin Pierce gave Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase. 43. General Winfield Scott won the election of 1848. 44. Gold was found in California in 1848. 45. Prospectors who flocked to California were called mighty-miners. 46. The population of San Francisco soared as a result of the gold rush. 47. Slavery was upheld by California’s state Constitution in 1849.