They wanted to keep America safe from those who would harm them. ... Another war that the United States was merely threatened by was Spain. The Spanish American war was like the Mexican War because the U.S. wanted to take over Spain, a weaker nation like Mexico. The United States was nearly attacked by Spain when they had an explosion of the USS Main. ... The United States wants to always use keeping America safe as their primary reason for going to war....

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The Spanish-American War and the Mexican-American War both also were differences in the two American expansions. ... The Mexican-American War happened when the United States sent John Slidell, a negotiator, to negotiate with the unstable Mexican government. ... The Spanish American War was different in how they gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris. The lands of territories gained from the Mexican-American war were all in what now is the United States; however, all the lands gained in the Spanish-American War were different countries, not in what now i...

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Two of the biggest and greatest civilization in the Americas were the Aztecs and Incas. These two civilization were both said to be conquered by the Spanish, but it wasn't just the Spanish who conquered them. ... The Spaniards didn't destroy the Aztec civilization all by their self another factor which helped the Spanish were the disease that they brought over to the Americas from Europe and Africa. ... It was also set up to prevent civil war in the kingdom (Inca Decline 134). ... The Spanish invaders of the America's came for wealth, settlement, and to spread their fai...

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Throughout the war there was yellow journalism to gain support from the American population. Also when the USS Maine got bombed the American immediately blamed it on Spain. Years later it was found the explosion happened internally and Spain couldn't have bombed it. ... He called this a splendid war and he let his support of imperialism be widely known. This helps how that the U.S. attempts to gain land were no different during the Spanish-American War than they were during the Mexican War, where the U.S. gained California and other land by taking it by force. ...

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For close to two hundred and ninety years Spain ruled Mexico. ... Spain feared that these Creoles would become disloyal to the crown because they had no attachment to Spain. ... Santa Anna's attempt to gain control over the Texas territory increased resentment among the Americans living there. ... The aftermath of this war was to throw Mexico into anarchy, civil war and a French invasion. Civil war erupted in Mexico following their war with the "Colossus of the North." ...

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Once Cortes gathered this information, he reported it to the Spanish Emperor, assisting in Spain's ultimate goal to conquer the powerful Aztec Empire. ... One of the most important of the deities, was "Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and the sun, who was engaged in a constant struggle to save the world from the forces of destructionto bolster his strength, the Aztecs dutifully provided...the vital energy of life-whose only source was human blood"(Tindall and Shi, America, p. 30). ... Spain's invasion of the New World was marked by violence, terror and assault. ... It wa...

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The war first broke out when Cortes took over Montezuma, the leader of the Aztecs, and his family. ... Cortes was happy with his conquering and returned back to Spain with the riches. ... He introduced horses to the Americas and Mexico by bringing them over to them. Also, Cortes brought many different things back to Spain. ... They became more commonly used in Spain following the battles. ...

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During the period of the Spanish conquest, in the 1500's AD, Hernán Cortés, a Spanish "adventurer", landed in Mexico, which was at the time Aztec territory. He overthrew the then-Aztec ruler, Moctezuma II, and declared Spanish rule. ... By 1822, Mexico had finally achieved independence from Spain under the Emperor Agustan Iturbide. ... Santa Ana dominated Mexican politics for about 30 years, and it was under his command that Mexico lost Texas, as well as losing the Mexican-American War. ... France took advantage of the American Civil War to install Emperor Maximillian...

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If Great Britain refused this, Polk proclaimed, all out war would be inevitable to achieve it. Luckily, Great Britain was not interested in war because America was not fully equipped militarily to handle a war with a super power. ... The issue was that Texas was a part of Mexico being controlled by Spain. At the time Spanish colonies were revolting and seeking their independence which set the stage for American expansion. ... Knowing this, American troops were ordered to situate themselves on the Rio Grande which sparked a war with Mexico. ...

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APUSH 1) Spain and Mexico had great problems controlling the borderlands. The borderlands were an area around the border between Mexican, Spanish, and American territory. ... Polk's position of the single dominant issue of the election allowed him to win. 5) The Mexican-American War came about because both countries had claims to territory. ... This was to no avail, and the Mexican-American War began on April 24, 1846. 6) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that signified the end of the Mexican-American War. ... The United States gained 500,00 square miles of land ...

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The conquest of Latin America was out of greed and the search for power and fame. ... In 1521 Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador, destroyed one of the most powerful and advanced Mezo-American civilizations known to man, the Aztecs. ... The Incan Empire was one of the largest, most mysterious empires in Latin America, it was located in the Andes Mountains. ... These rumors would spread worldwide and a Spanish conquistador known as Francisco Pizarro jumps at the chance of finding this so calledcity of riches.? Since the Incan people are weakened by small pox and a massive civil war, the civ...

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The Mayan of South America had many contributions, to this world. ... Mayans lived in a peaceful society, and believed in order to get stronger one must be in peace and not engage in war. ... Even though the Mayans were a peaceful the defended their land strongly against Spanish attacks in 1506. ... The Spanish led my Hernado Cortez started several attacks on the Mayans and wasn't successful. ... The Mayans are the largest group of ancient American Indians today located in areas such as: Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. ...

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At age 16, he began his military career fighting for the Spanish, but switched sides to support Augustin de Iturbine as the main man of an independent Mexico. ... War broke out with the United States in 1846. ... The American forces defeated him at Buena Vista, at Cerro Gordo, and at Chapultepec. ...

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The post independence period in Latin American represents the golden age of the caudillos (military leader). ... These caudillos often mobilized followers with various methods and used a number different strategies to create new forms of political participation in Latin America during this era. ... Some of his successful defenses included the Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1829, The French and the Pastry War in 1838 and the Mexican American War in 1845. ... Although both leaders used very different sets of techniques, they were able to mobilize support and create new forms of political partic...

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Latin American History The Underdogs and the Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was a violent political and social upheaval that occurred in Mexico in the early 20th century. ... People such as these revolutionaries; particularly Zapata and Villa, sought to reverse the effects that the Spanish colonization had on the Mexican people. Before the brutal four hundred year bloodshed that was the Spanish occupation, despite the fact that the nation of the Aztecs was ruled by an authoritarian, every citizen was entitled to corn as so not to starve. ... He goes from being a peaceful i...

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