Mexican–American War

The Mexican-American War is a forgotten war that was fought over questionable motives and has greatly affected our nation. Annexation, Greed, and Manifest Destiny One cause of the M-A war was America’s admittance of Texas into the Union. Mexico was still bitter over their loss of Texas in 1836, so much that they did not recognize it as the sovereign nation it was. This is one of the reasons caused America to refrain from admitting the nation despite Texan support. Another was that Texas was a…

to get the Spanish-American War, the Texas Revolution, and the Mexican-American War mixed up. The Texas Revolution occurred a few years before the Mexican-American war and even though it was not time wise part of this war, it can definitely be seen as an event that helped build momentum and fuel towards the confrontations what were to come between Mexico and the United States. The Spanish-American War, on the other hand came many decades after the Mexican-American War. This war did not involved…

The United States most Shameful war Some may think that the death of few people may not cause a war, but the slaughter of 17 American soldiers caused the US to react in a barbaric way. A battle called Thorntons Affair is a battle that may have sparked the war with Mexico. The US was in the leadership of James K. Polk during the Mexican-American War. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because, the US invaded California and Texas, the agreed border of Texas and Mexico…

The Mexican-American war was the first time for the United States to successfully obtain the neighboring territory by launching the war. The result of the war was that Mexico lost more than half of the land and plenty of natural resources. It seriously influenced the normal development of the Mexican economy, and it also caused the political reform in Mexico. It promoted the formation and development of the great economic power of the United States, and intensified the industrial capitalist…

The antiwar opponents with the Mexican-American War, were on one side, Polk accused those who doubted him of treason. On the other side of the isle, Abraham Lincoln and other members of Congress strongly condemned Polk’s war with Mexico. It all started when Polk ran for office, he ran as the pro-annexation candidate (Regent, Word Doc). Exclaiming that he would annex Texas into the Union and buy California from Mexico. But, when Mexico refused to hold talks with a U.S. diplomat over the sale of…

The Mexican-American War occurred between 1846-1848, the war had a significant impact on the United states and Mexico. It was driven by the result of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was a belief that America had a God given right to expand the border all the way from sea to sea. This belief in Manifest Destiny caused Mexico and America to go to war. The war caused suffering for many Mexicans and United States citizens. Following the earlier Texas War of Independence from Mexico, tensions…

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…

accomplishments, the United States has taken part in, the Mexican-American War was a very defining event. However, with the United States expanding in the newly acquired territory from Mexico, there soon came conflict with establishing north and south boundary lines and the expansion of slavery. Several men had stated controversial compromise bills, held congressional debates, and the Compromise a 1850 quickly flourished. The Mexican-American War was a huge gain for the United States with all…

Oscar Deolarte 4/27/15 English 2nd Social studies 4th Mexican-American War Its 1821 and you are in Mexico celebrating your freedom from Spain. 25 years later a war has begun against your neighboring country, the U.S. They want to take away Texas! You can’t let your country be ripped apart after barely being freed. You will fight against the unjust U.S and protect Texas! The Mexican War took place during 1846 to 1848. Some events that led to this were Mexico gaining freedom from Spain in 1821 and…

supporter or a critic? Every war the United States has participated in there has followers and it’s opposition. The two-year Mexican-American War was greatly disputed. The war was ultimately started because of the disagreement over the territory between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. The Mexican government opened fire on the United States trying to defend their land and the war broke out like wildfire. Were there justifications to support the United States going to war with Mexico? The…