In assuring the strength (economic and geographic) of the United States, there was no more significant war than that fought with Mexico in 1846-48. The Mexican War provided the country not only with a...
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The causes and the effects of the Mexican War didn't happen over night. This process was long and arduous, involving various people and faces. The Mexican War was an epic of hardships, disaste...
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There are many events that occur in society which prepare us for future occurrences. Sometimes we do not even know that these preparations have taken place until some unknown period after their happe...
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The US-Mexican war began April 25, 1846 and ended two years later with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It is frequently confused with the Texas Revolution (1835-1836), the Spanish Amer...
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From its humble beginnings the United States urged to fulfill its "manifest destiny." Having already acquired Florida in 1819, and the Louisiana territory in 1803 territorial acquisition was a tangibl...
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