Mexican American

with Mexico. The recent annexation of Texas in 1845 had already resulted in a substantial loss of territory claimed by the Mexican government. By the time the Americans had seized control of Mexico City after twenty-one months of fighting, casualties for both countries were over thirty-thousand. The war resulted in the U.S. acquisition of a majority of the modern American southwest. The U.S. expansion led to much debate over sectional interests between New Englanders, westerners, and…

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…

Identity Crisis At first glance most would never think I am Mexican-American. Every person only finds out I am a Latina, when they read my name. Even though people think I am some Spanish girl, they do not realize I am actually a Mexican-American. Growing up I was never told that my ethnicity would ever have an effect on me. The term Latino and Mexican-American were the only terms I grew up knowing. Hispanic was a term that was forbidden in my house. It was viewed as a term that was meant to…

the new culture lifestyles. In reality, in any Mexican American families, their devotion to their religious figures, the family union, observance of their religious and ethnic traditions, and their cultural identity is functioning as a protective factor to motivate strength when it is necessary in times of individual or family adversity. Defined as coming from a patriarchal society, oppressing and dominating their women, Mexican Americans ´men in the US were forced to change once their…

declare war on Mexico. Today, it is argued as to whether the Mexican-American war was justifiable. While some may disagree with the aforementioned statement, the US was justified in going to war. This can be said, for it was the Mexico who attacked America initially, and Mexico was upset with America due to the annexation of Texas. America did not simply go to war for the sake of bloodshed. Rather, Mexico attacked first, as President…

The Mexican American environment has always been rich in Culture, but poor in money. Cameron county ranks top one hundred of the lowest income in the United States. I’m Yvette Colunga coming from a small town called Weslaco in Texas. I was born in Boise, Idaho then moved down to Weslaco when my grandma got sick.The environment I grew up in was always very hectic. There was always something being built and torn down. Business here hardly stayed open because of the lack of sales. My parents have…

pretty different place. Well, if America hadn’t won the Mexican-American War, many of these states might not even exist. But winning the war wasn’t easy, we went through a plethora of events to get where we are today. But America wasn’t about to give up so easily, “America’s honor had been challenged.” (Roden 317) America was justified in going to war with Mexico because America was overpopulated and didn’t have enough land, innocent American soldiers had unjustly been killed, and the Manifest…

The War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War are two wars that physically seem two alternate extremes. “On land, the War of 1812 was fought to define the nation’s boundaries” (Faragher p. 189). A handful of U.S. leaders, referred to as the “war hawks,” also wanted to expand into British Canada. They exploited fears about Tecumseh and naval complaints against the British to garner support for a conflict that would become known as the War of 1812. However, American believed that “Manifest Destiny”…

through force. The event that triggered the beginning of the war was American troops patrolling an area North of the Rio Grande. American troops engaged a large body of Mexican soldiers that had just crossed the Rio Grande. Did the United States have a good justified reason on going to war with Mexico. The first reason the Mexican-American War was not justified was the mobilization of American troops in disputed territory. The Mexican military had already been engaged…

commanders had seen much success in the implementation of Artillery and new tactics, sparking an American interest in what had made their artillery tactics so successful. The Mexican American War would be the proving ground for the new American strategy of implementing field artillery on the battlefield, and how it has shaped the modern infantry commander’s use of it. In the years leading up to the Mexican American War, a tactically minded secretary of war Joel Poinsett arranged for an…