The War of 1812 can be said to be the second war for independence since the Americans were fighting to establish their independent nature and state against the British. The British had previously not recognized the Americans independence, which set Americans on a quest to establish that they were an independent nation that had its own laws and one that could not be influenced or ruled by other nations. This second war of independence helped them establish their independence and sovereignty against the British as well as against any other nation that may have doubted their sovereign nature. Several grievances were similar in both wars. The first was that the Americans wanted their independence from the British as well as being recognized as an independent nation.…
The Mexican-American War: Was it Justifiable? “The most dramatic event in the history of relations between Mexico and the United States took place a century and a half ago. ”(Doc. 3)…
The Mexican-American War was a struggle between Mexico and the United States. On April 25, 1864 the war began and it ended on February 2, 1848. President Polk played a huge role with the United States government’s relations with the Mexican-American War. Polk was strictly a democrat and elected President in 1844 as the dark horse candidate. Before Polk was elected president he served in the Tennessee legislature and the U.S. Congress.…
The early twentieth-century encapsulated the world as multiple wars broke out on a global level, leaving specific countries raveled and demolished. As these wars, both the Spanish-American War and the Great War, established two major countries as powerhouse leaders in an increasingly unstable era on an international level. The United States, as the most powerful of these two leading nations, developed certain responsibilities and obligations within the world, some of which remained neglected for decades to come. Due to their position of authority throughout the world, the United States retained a duty to mediate conflict between fellow nations as well as promote conflict avoidance and complete neutrality when intervening in foreign disputes.…
The war between the United States and Mexico greatly affected many people, during and after the war. It was unique and unlike any other war, because it was fundamentally about violence. The violence did not end once the military phase of the world ended. Ultimately the war was about land, labor, and wealth. It was also about language, culture, race, and religion.…
In 1848, the Americans saw themselves as an impenetrable force. The nation had twice proved victorious over a greater oppressing force. The Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, were glorious because they ended an injustice. In contrast, the Mexican American War was incited by American injustice and the corrupt dream of President Polk. President Polk was known as “Polk the Purposeful” his objective was to expand the nation (The American).…
The American-Mexican war first started on May 13, 1846; after President K. Polk became president in 1795-1849 he strongly urged Congress or a quick answer if it was ok to start war with Mexico. The times during the Mexican- American war was a complicated time in American History. During this time there was a lot of serious competition going on between Whig and the Desecrates. The most serious political issue was the war with Mexico had been a major support to make more slave states and slavery spreading. Lots of southern countries wanted war to gain more slavery and those in congress that supported slavery strongly supported war to, but those who wanted freedom wanted war so they could spread more freedom and liberty to more states.…
Due to the Mexican American War, there were two other groups of people who were impacted. Since Mexico had lost the war, they had a negative outcome from this event, therefore half of their land was taken away from the Americans. Since America had won the war, they had a positive outcome and had gained 500,000 square miles to the country.…
The Mexican-American War was a quite large war that occurred from April 25, 1846 to February 2, 1848. The war greatly affected both Mexico and the United States. The war affected Mexico so much because, in the end, Mexico lost over 500,000 square miles of land to help end the war. The United States were affected in a large way as well. The United States paid Mexico $15 million, and in return Mexico gave the United States over 500 square miles of land, which supported Manifest destiny.…
“American blood on American soil”, said President Polk when he appeared before congress and this was the start of the Mexican-American war according to the US history books. There are many different stories on why the war started but in the United States the story states that the Mexicans are the people to blame and hence the name: the Mexican-American War. Before this war had begun Americans forget that there was natives who first lived the lands they took over. This means that those people become part of the history of the United States. This comes to be a problem however when children learn about the history of this country and specifically this War with Mexico, they are not taught the different perspective of the opposing side.…
The American Civil War took place between the Union and the Confederate and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 took place between Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Both played important roles in countries’ history, the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 have some similarity such as the effects and consequences of the war, but the purpose of the war and the treatment toward citizens during the war time are different. In fact, both the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 are important to the unity and future development of the nation. The American Civil War was between the Northern States and the Southern States.…
The Mexican American war gave citizenship to thousands of individuals who resided in the American southwest prior to the war. Under the new treaty between Mexico and the United States, these new citizens were considered white according to the law. Consequently, these new citizens were never treated equivalent to Caucasians of Northern European ancestry. They were not allowed to occupy the same bathrooms, restaurants, schools, and even in death they had to be prepared and buried in isolated areas away from Caucasian Americans. Mexican-American lawyers sought a case that would prove that Mexican-Americans were labeled by law as white but were treated in a discriminatory fashion.…
The spanish and American war was a turning point in Americas foreign policies because after they won the United States had become a world power and this meant that they would have to defend what was theirs and protect themselves from all nations. This allowed for the nation to turn away from not engaging in wars or other foreign things but now they had to decide what was best for them and that means getting involved. The war was a turning point in that it caused the United States to become an imperialist power. The U.S. had to maintain a large navy to protect its overseas colonies.…
During the Spanish-American War, many people fighting for and with America perished while taking up arms for the independence of other or their own countries. Throughout the whole entire world, over three hundred thousand service members served for the United States. The total of battle deaths and deaths in service was close to one hundredth of those who served at around twenty-five hundred. There were less non-lethal wounds than deaths for the side of the United States with around sixteen hundred injuries(“America’s Wars”). The United States of America was impacted greatly by the expansion of the land as part of the compromise from the Spanish-American War.…
‘A war of Violence and Violation: The consequences of conquest’ and ‘Many Truths constitutes the past: The Legacy of the United States-Mexican war’ both passages talks about the aftermath of the US-Mexican war. Many Americans have forgotten about the war because the war was fought in Mexico’s soil and the reason of the war is to gain territory from Mexico. Mexico lost California and Northern Mexico which meant losing access to gold mines and agricultural potentials as well as water resources. Not just that but the war affected the citizens of Mexico in a way that they ended up being second class citizens. The war left about 75,000 Mexicans living in California and Texas, two conquered territories by the US.…