Just 15 years after the Civil War, a small but detrimental act had changed everything. Both Mexico and the U.S. were both large in size, and had contested land separating them. Thousands of Mexicans and Americans died, but they were content and happy at first. It wasn’t a smart idea for them to mix since Mexico was Catholic and for anti-slavery, while the Americans were protestant and were pro-slavery. In 1846 the biggest dispute between Mexico and America happened, but the war wasn’t justified between themselves. Border disputes, slavery and manifest destiny are the reasons that the United States had no right in the war with Mexico.
Mexico and the United States territories were divided by an unsettled border dispute. As seen in (Doc B) James …show more content…
should expand its territorial land and multiply in size has shown that they have only thought about themselves as a country and not others. In (Doc A) John L. O’Sullivan says, “hampering our power, limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence (God)...” This statement explains that by shortening the power and greatness, the U.S. could overcome more land across the continent shared with God. The U.S. wanted to conquer more land and gain more power and be seemingly stronger than any other country. Soon, the Manifest Destiny would overcome the Mexicans who were living there.
America hasn’t always been perfect. They insist on always fighting back, but most of the time America cause the battles between nations. This issue shows that there are multiple representations and misunderstandings to a simple war, getting taken out of proportion. The lives of innocent Mexicans and Americans had been taken away over pity misunderstandings and miscommunications. Everyone wanted to be more powerful, but the United States had taken it too far. Silly border disputes, slavery and manifest destiny define why the United States had no right in the war with
Mexico and the United States territories were divided by an unsettled border dispute. As seen in (Doc B) James …show more content…
should expand its territorial land and multiply in size has shown that they have only thought about themselves as a country and not others. In (Doc A) John L. O’Sullivan says, “hampering our power, limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence (God)...” This statement explains that by shortening the power and greatness, the U.S. could overcome more land across the continent shared with God. The U.S. wanted to conquer more land and gain more power and be seemingly stronger than any other country. Soon, the Manifest Destiny would overcome the Mexicans who were living there.
America hasn’t always been perfect. They insist on always fighting back, but most of the time America cause the battles between nations. This issue shows that there are multiple representations and misunderstandings to a simple war, getting taken out of proportion. The lives of innocent Mexicans and Americans had been taken away over pity misunderstandings and miscommunications. Everyone wanted to be more powerful, but the United States had taken it too far. Silly border disputes, slavery and manifest destiny define why the United States had no right in the war with