Boundary Dispute:

Question

• Polk sent _______________ to Texas
• Taylor settled west of the ________________.
Disputed territory in West Texas

Answer 1

• Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas
• Taylor settled west of the Nueces River.

Answer 2

Offer to buy California
• John Slidell’s offered to buy California to resolve the border dispute.
• ______________ was insulted and rejected the offer.

Answer 3

• Mexico was insulted and rejected the offer.

Answer 4

Mexican Cession:
Mexico lost _________________ percent of its territy
US gave little in _____________.

Answer 5

Mexico lost approximately 55 percent of its territory.
The US gave little in return.