Mexican American War Consequences

America was moving to its successful journey, they were expanding their tattoo to the west through manifest destiny and westward expansion; however, not every group of people were benefited or happy with this. They kicked the Native Americans from their own land. America was adamant about moving towards the west and conquering the lands by hook or cook. Slavery played a huge role in the rise of Mexican War too. The main cause was Manifest Destiny which stated that God gave America the right to civilize and conquer the whole continent and in the process of this, Mexico and America got into a war named Mexican War. The war lasted from 1846-1848. There were many consequences of the Mexican-American War. The consequences were in the benefit of AMerica; however, not towards Mexico. Mexican-American War resulted in the United States, almost half of the territory of Mexico was claimed by the United States of America. A new discussion of the war claim winnings bondage of slavery inaugurated in the designated place in most states, as well as all of this is to say, the balance of slave states would have to cast spells, and said slaves away from a number of free States.The Mexican-American …show more content…
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