Mexican Drug War Background ! Mexico has had a reputation for trafficking drugs to the United States and South America since the major trafficking started in the early 1960s‚ but the drug trade between the United States and Mexico started in 1933 when the United States revoked the alcohol prohibition. It is easy for the drug cartels and traffickers to move the drugs through Mexico because of its prime location between the United States and South America. Also do to the cartels in nearby
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President James Polk orders Gen. Zachery Taylor and half the then American standing army to the Rio Grande. Mexican forces‚ asserting that the Rio Grande area is part of Mexico‚ cross the Rio Grande and ambush an American cavalry patrol‚ allowing the US to declare war on Mexico. Taylor invades Mexico from the north. Concerned that Taylor was winning too much glory in his fight against the Mexicans (Polk was concerned that Taylor‚ who was a Whig‚ had aspirations to be President and‚ in fact‚ Taylor would
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The U.S war with Mexico continues to be a divisive topic all through America classes. The American and Mexican war was a 2 year conflict that began in 1846.At the end of end the war the U.S ended up with more land than before. Although the United States war against Mexico maybe viewed as controversial‚‚ the war was just due to Texas needed the U.S‚ Government of Mexico‚ and violence towards Americans. Generally speaking the war was justifiable due to Texas needing the U.S. Texas only had two small
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United States was justified in going to war with Mexico. The Mexican-American War was fought mostly because of Texas’s border confusion. When Texas won its independence from Mexico‚ they stated that the "great big river of the south" would be the border‚ but because of Texan’s vagueness‚ Mexicans thought the Nueces River was the border‚ while the U.S. and Texas claims they were talking about the Rio Grande. The reasons America was justified in going to war with Mexico is the fact that Mexico had
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Social Studies/5th The Unjustified War The Americans are intruders! Did the United States really have the right reasons to go to war with Mexico? The Mexican War began in 1846. The Mexicans and Americans were fighting over Texas. The United States was unjustified in going to war with Mexico because the US was land hungry‚ they broke Mexican laws‚ and were aggressive and rude. The Americans wanted to steal Texas from Mexico. They also wanted California. The Mexicans made laws of no slavery‚ but the
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The U.S Mexican War The whereabouts of the proposed Mexican-American border resulted in a war between the two countries lasting over 2 years. Major leaders on both sides were U.S President Tyler and President Polk as well as Mexican President Santa Anna. The main disputes the annexation of Texas‚ territorial issues and poor leadership. With more Americans moving into Texas‚ the territory seemed promising to newly elected US Polk. The expansionist mentality of the country led Polk to try and acquire
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The U.S.-Mexican War The U.S.-Mexican War represented a military conflict between the Republic of Mexico and the United States. One obvious reason for the war outbreak was the annexation of Texas by the United States. The issue was that Mexico had considered Texas to of its entitled territory‚ despite of the revolution in Texas. The war ended with the victory of the United States‚ as the American troops were well organized and rapid in capturing Mexico’s cities‚ and villages. Nevertheless‚ modern
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aspects of the Mexican war. It is a compelling description and concise history of the first successful offensive war in United States military history. The work examines two countries that were unprepared for war. The political intrigues and quarrels in appointing the military commanders‚ as well as the military operations of the war‚ are presented and analyzed in detail. The author also analyzes the role that the Mexican War played in bringing on the U.S. Civil War. The Mexican-American War of the 1840s
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The Mexican war that took half of what Mexico had already like California‚ Texas‚ Nevada and Utah was all Mexico’s fault in the first place? The Mexican war began on April 25‚ 1846 and it was all started on a bit of a misunderstanding towards the Mexicans and the U.S as they have both disagreed on the border of each other. One side decided on the Border being El Rio Grande and the other being on the Nueces River. Since The United States decided that the border was on El Rio Grande The U.S road a
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Mexican-American war lasted from 1846-1848. It consisted of numerous battles that resulted in more American victories than Mexican victories. During the first battle at Palo Alto‚ Mexican troops outnumbered American troops; however‚ the Mexican troops were poorly equipped and poorly led. Contrastly‚ the American army was well-trained and President Polk had formulated a three-pronged approach to defeat the Mexicans. Multiple factors played into the war‚ such as manifest destiny‚ Mexican attacks and
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