victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Causes of the Mexican-American War Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. Initially, the United States declined...
Which territory gained limited independence after the Spanish-American War? Which states signed the Declaration of Independence? During the Southern secession of 1861, which state voted last to leave the Union? What two states were merged by the Act of Union?
But the war and its expansionist aims did not enjoy universal support in the United States. Just three months into the conflict anti-slavery politicians introduced a bill into Congress, theWilmot Proviso, that would outlaw slavery in any territory that might be gained from Mexico. The anti-slav...
wars have always been controversial subjects for Americans. One American war that had very apparent sides with strong opinions was the Mexican-American war. This war was started after James Polk was elected president in 1844. He wished to extend the American territory to the pacific ocean; congre...
THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND MEXICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES The Mexican government initially promoted American settlement in parts of the territory now known as Texas in the 1820s to bolster the regional economy. As the proportion of North American settlers in these lands multiplied, ...
The addition of this territory contributed to the idea of Manifest Destiny and the United States' expansion west. What was the Mexican Cession of 1848? The United States gained the Mexican Cession under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. The cession ...
During this time, Mexico lost Texas territory to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War. Subsequent invasions by the Spanish and the French led to the establishment of a new empire under the rule of Ferdinand Maximillian, an Austrian archduke who was named the Emperor of ...
Though on the surface it was widely popular in the U.S., the Mexican-American War was nonetheless controversial. President Polk provoked it under a fraudulent pretext and pursued it as a war of conquest. The entry of so much new territory into the country in 1848, meanwhile, begged the qu...
territory. American and Mexican relations grew even more strained when a dispute over the border was raised; the U.S. believed the border should be along the Rio Grande River andMexicobelieved it should be along the Nueces River. Then, a skirmish between American and Mexican soldiers along ...
circinalis) in the US territory of Guam is the cause for litigo-bodig (a local form of ALS-PDC syndrome), provided post-1960 researchers the justification to study a neurological disease cluster among Chamorros who had consumed cycads heavily as recently as the 1940s and, some studies ...