Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the dominant figure in Mexican politics during the time of the US-Mexican War. ... The wounds from the war of Independence had never totally healed in Mexico. ... This war, the War of Northern Invasion, infuriated the Mexican people, leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of most Mexicans regarding their Northern neighbors. ... 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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Causes of the Mexican-American War Where the blame lies for the Mexican-American War is hard to define. ... The settling of Texas and other western areas played a major role in the war between America and Mexico. ... Still others, including many people in the United States, placed the majority of the blame for the Mexican-American War on Mexico. ... Thus we see that the Mexicans are not completely responsible for the war. ... In truth, the Mexican-American War occurred because of the collective conflicts and series of events that occurred. ...

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All this land was achieved through the Mexican War, which led to the Mexican Cession; the Texas War for Independence, which led to the Texas Annexation; and the Gadsden Purchase. ... However, as with all wars, there were many different causes of the Mexican War. ... The Mexican War was a war for southwestern territory that the US was intent on possessing, either through money or through bloodshed. ... Although people used Manifest Destiny as a justification for the Mexican War, there is no such thing as a justifiable war. ... Manifest Destiny was a cause, a justification, as well as a result o...

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The Mexican War was the first U.S. armed conflict fought on foreign soil. ... Another cause of the Mexican War was the U.S.'... However, the United States did indeed provoke Mexico to start the war. ... The Spanish American war was like the Mexican War because the U.S. wanted to take over Spain, a weaker nation like Mexico. ... By provoking the Mexican War, the United States not only accomplished obtaining the boundary dispute at the Rio Grande, New Mexico and California, but also created a pathway into future reasons for entering wars. ...

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Leading up to this blatant act of war President Polk had secretly offered Mexico $25 million dollars for the Rio Grande border in Texas and additional Mexican providences Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico1. ... Mexican troops were also preparing for war under the command of General Mariano Arista and on April 25th, 1846 2000 Mexican Calvary soldiers attacked a United States patrol consisting of 70 soldiers north of the Rio Grande, the attack produced 16 American casualties and became known as the Thorton Affair after commanding officer Captain Seth Thorton. President Polk the Tho...

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I also would say that it is America's first man hunt into another country, searching for Pancho Villa after killing several US citizens in Columbus, New Mexico as a sign of retaliation for the US backing another person for the Mexican presidency. Furthermore it was not one of the most effective small wars, because the mission was to retrieve Pancho Villa and bring him back to the US dead or alive, neither of which were carried out because he was never found. ... Some being that tactics were tried out for the first time, and some being that the soldiers who would go on to become great ...

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The Mexican American War was the first American military conflict fought entirely on foreign soil and the first to be closely chronicled by the press. ... This particular picture is of men retreating from a possibly war site in Mexico or traveling to a war site. ... In this time period with war the fastest way for the Mexican-Americans to be mobile was horseback riding and carriages. ... The first thing is like I said previous the war had an estimated 10,00 men fighting for the Mexican side and this picture clearly states there are a ton of men which makes me think that this photo was take...

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Impressment was one of the causes of the war of 1812. ... Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo - the peace treaty ending the Mexican War gave the United States California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming in exchange for $15 million and assumption of $3.25 million in debts owed to Americans by Mexico. ... Ultraexpantionists called on Polk to throw out the treaty, but a war-weary public wanted peace. ... The war was over. ... However, slavery could continue to exist in border states that were not at war against the Union. ...

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The war between Mexico and America has been labeled "an unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression and territorial aggrandizement." ... It was noted that only if the Mexican Army crossed the Rio Grande and invade Texas would we drive them out and back to Mexico if possible. ... The Secretary of War William L. ... He also stated that Mexico was not an enemy and should not be treated as one unless war is declared or they react with hostility. In many instances Mexico and the US had conflicts that led to the Mexican American War. ...

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The Mexican War/The War Against Iraq The Mexican war between the U.S. and Mexico was started because of a Mexican attack on American troops along the southern border of Texas on April 25, 1846. After Winfield Scott occupied Mexico City on September 14,1847, a few months later a peace treaty was signed between Mexico and the U.S. A dictatorial Centralist government in Mexico began the war because of the U.S. annexation (1845) of Texas, which Mexico continued to claim despite the establishment of the independent republic of Texas 10 years before. Another possible cause for the w...

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Question "The aims of the Mexican Revolution were unified/consolidated by the Mexican government's policies between 1930 and 1940.... Response The Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) was an event stimulated by the populace of Mexico by the need for reform and change in the Mexican Economy and government. ... From the Mexican revolution emerged a new constitution in 1917. ... Land redistribution was a key example of one of the policies that was implemented by the Mexican government to consolidate the aims of the Mexican Revolution. ... Secular education was generally still prevalent howeve...

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Representative Robert Toombs of Georgia, argued against a proposed law that would have banned slavery from land obtained as a result of the Mexican War (Document 2). He stated that if the legislation sought to drive them from the territories of California and New Mexico that was purchased by the common blood and treasure of the whole people that he would be for disunion. ... The major cause of death in the Civil War was in both cases, wounded in action. ... After the War, the African Americans received more rights. ... The War was a big win for the North, although they had more casualties....

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My final reason on how the Southern generals were superior to the Northern generals is the experienced gained in the Mexican War. Many southern general greats served in the Mexican War and gained experience the helped them throughout The Civil War. ... Lee, Thomas Jackson, and Ambrose Hill all served in The Mexican War. ... The Mexican War was also the first time the Jackson and Lee met4. ... Some Generals like Ambrose Hill severed in both The Mexican War and the Seminole War, fighting in both of those sure readied up Hill for the Civil war. ...

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The Civil War The American civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States. ... It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans, and for that reason we have always been fascinated with The Civil War. ... Following the 1819 crisis over statehood for Missouri, a national two-party system developed, and both parties worked to prevent sectional differences from becoming the focus of politics, this failed when the Mexican War gave the United States new territories. The question of whether slavery would be allowed into lands ceded by Mexico immediately became the all-...

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Austria declared war on Serbia, their Russian allies declared war on Austria. ... Russian allies France and Britain declared war on Germany and World War I began. ... The exposure of Arthur Zimmermann's telegram to the Mexican Government urging them to attack America further upset the public. In his telegram he wrote that Germany would guarantee Mexico would regain Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas after the war. ... The United States never declared war on Austria-Hungary and technically was only at war with Germany. ...

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The strongest evidence of US expansion goals is with the Mexican-American War. ... Congress was concerned that annexation would start war with mexico. ... This set the stage for the Mexican american War. The mexican american War was the first time America has fought a war with land expansion as its main goal. The War lasted two years and ended with Treaty of Gudaloupe Hidalgo. ...

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World War I was known as the European war but soon, countries beyond Europe's border became involved in the upheaval. ... The Zimmerman Telegram was a message that the Germans had sent to Mexico asking them to declare war on America. The Germans believed that by asking Mexico to declare war on America this would keep America busy so that they would not be able to enter the war in Europe. In the telegram, the Germans promised that if Mexico declared war on America, the Germans would return territories that belonged to Mexico which were Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. ... When America enter...

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Mexico City Mexico city is located in the middle of Mexico and is the capital of Mexico. ... Mexico City forms the core of Mexico in the terms of government, industry commercial, financial and political center of the nation. ... Mexico city is also one of the oldest citys in the world. ... Mexico it self has had many wars for independance from European powers as well as the united states. ... France took over Mexico in 1863 and ruled in Mexico City until in 1910 Benito Juarez led a revolution and recapteered Mexico from france ...

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Some examples of this twisted ideology are the American acquisition and settlement of the Oregon country, America causing the Texan subversion of Mexico, and the war between America and Mexico. ... Texas" annexation did not satisfy American designs on Mexican territory, a lust that would eventually lead to war. ... President Polk secretly made preparations for war, positioning forces to retaliate against Mexico in case of a war. ... Polk used this as justification for war and invaded Mexico, eventually occupying Mexico City, the capital, on September 14, 1847. ... They still wanted Califor...

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APUSH 1) Spain and Mexico had great problems controlling the borderlands. ... 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. ... After the United States annexed Mexico, Mexico broke off diplomatic relations and began to prepare for an armed conflict. ... 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...

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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. ... Mariano Azuela's novel, The Underdogs, provides a personal view of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. ... He goes from being a peaceful individual to a compulsive fighter; a prime example of how person can change in war. ... This novel represents Azuela's own personal feelings of the Mexican Revolution. ... It is the authors own experiences of the war that he pours into these main characters th...

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Out of three causes, the first principal cause of the American Civil War was the Compromise of 1850. ... " In the compromise, the California admission issue was resolved and it was admitted as a free state, also, there would be no more slave trade in Washington D.C., and the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico ended in favor of New Mexico. However, there is one issue that kind of generated the Civil War even though it was already compromised. ... The third principal cause of the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860. ... This battle also beat the Confederacy econo...

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The Mexican Revolution was a disorganized reform movement that encompassed over ten years of history. ... Throughout the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution came a new and more democratic state of Mexico, though it took many year of war to accomplish. ... Later that year, Obregon was elected president by the people of Mexico. ... The Mexican Revolution created the democratic government that Mexico uses today. ... The Mexican Revolution was a success for the people of Mexico, but the final outcome was a hard won prize. ...

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Two examples of this horrific occurrence are evidenced in the drug cartel wars of Mexico and the civil unrest in Sierra Leone. ... In Sierra Leone, because of the civil war destruction, many schools were ruined and inoperable. ... Education problems in Mexico were different. ... Rebel armies in Sierra Leone and drug warlords in Mexico have challenged organized government. ... Mexican cartel gang members searched the streets for kids that were homeless and hungry. ...

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A prime example of racism influencing imperialistic views is in the case of the Spanish-American War in 1898. America entered a war under the guise of good intentions of ridding a people of oppression from an occupying force. ... A third example of the racism and imperialism connection lies in the Mexican-American War. ... Mexico reacted by attacking Americans within their territory. ... The forceful taking of the Mexican territories was therefore considered warranted. ...

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