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    the Mexican American War? The Southern desire to spread slavery caused an outbreak of war between the United States and Mexico in 1846. However‚ other major factors pushed these two countries to war. In the years after the War of 1812‚ the United States went through an industrial and technological revolution. This revolution benefited the north to a large extent and pushed the southern U.S. towards slavery and its expansion. This expansion on slavery could have been the cause of the Mexican American

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    The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was the first U.S. armed war fought on foreign soil. It put a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded government of U.S. President James K. Polk. Polk believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. A border clash along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. In then end‚ Mexico lost one-third of its territory

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    Wars are a way to resolve conflict‚ and America has had lots of wars in the past American wars have often been very controversial‚ the Mexican-American war especially. It started in 1821 when Mexico declared itself free from Spain‚ and let American move into Texas to help increase the population. Mexico suffered with that decision because of the major differences between Mexico and America (Mexico being Catholic and against slavery and America being Protestant and for slavery). It took little time

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    The Mexican-American war is one of the most important conflicts that the U.S. had to this date. It is what seemed to be an inevitable war all due to the Jacksonian era and its aggressive manifest destiny. This war was against a new Mexican government who was unprepared‚ and they were almost blindsided by the States. They were hoping to become allies but they became enemies all too quickly. First they had one of their territories become independent‚ and then as they were trying to get it back‚ the

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    Mexican-American War: Justified/not Justified They invaded we were trying to protect‚but US called war. Many historians disagree whether the war was justified or unjustified. For example Mexican- American war was controversial topic. Does the United States have a right to go war ? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because border problems‚US invaded Mexico land ‚ and Mexico have different rules. The Mexican war happened in 1846 through 1848(Roden‚319).. The first armed

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    American Manifest Destiny Politics in Mexican-American War A. Overview Mexican-American war started by the Texas annexation by the Union. Texans‚ who were mostly Americans‚ declared themselves independent in March 2‚ 1836 as the Republic of Texas. But they didn’t want to stand alone thus they asked to join the Union. Mexico never accepted the Republic of Texas. Thus‚ the areas Texas claimed‚ all land in the north of Rio Grande‚ emerged border dispute between America and Mexico. President

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    The Mexican-American War was the beginning of a legacy of hate between the Americans and Mexicans. During this era‚ America was growing commercially and industrially‚ leading to the need for more land to maximize the American profit. This Anglo-American necessity led to the Mexican-American War. Imperialism was indeed the corner stone for the entire Mexican-American war; Americans aimed to control the Mexican lands through direct control. Manifest Destiny‚ the belief that the Americans were to expand

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    invited American Settlers over to improve their economy. This turned out to be a bad choice for Mexico. The American settlers ignored laws which meant they broke them. American settlers did not care for Mexico’s customs or beliefs. They soon revolted and secretly annexed Texas in 1836. This made Mexico upset. The border was said‚ by the Americans‚ to be settled at Rio Grande‚ but Mexico thought it was at Nueces River. American troops were going to cross the river‚ but were shot by the Mexicans. 16 troops

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    Francisco A. Amador-Ortiz 11/14/2014 Ms. Pass History 100 Oral Presentation Paper (Mexican American War) One of the first U.S. armed conflict that was military fought on foreign soil was The Mexican-American War sometimes known as the Invasion of Mexico that was fought from 1846-1848 (Merry‚ pg.176). In that two-year battle our President at the time James K. Polk who believed in the manifest destiny wanted to spread across the continent and claim new land. Unlucky for Mexico they where not prepared

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    Was the Mexican War justified? As Americans‚ we might not view America as a bully‚ but during arguments with Mexico during The mid 1800’s‚ Americans obviously pushed around the Mexicans. In 1821‚ Mexico gained its freedom from Spain. The young nation was about the same size as the United States‚ and the U.S. government immediately developed a lust for Mexico’s land. Arguments arose‚ leading to the Mexican-American war. Like most wars‚ it had its supporters and critics. Looking back at the

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