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 happening. Situations like this have been prevalent in American history and sufficient evidence of their existence can be shown to any doubtful individual. The Mexican-American and Civil War were two events in history which shared some sort of correlation; in the Mexican-American War, Americans had unknowingly prepared themselves for the infamous Civil War both socially and militaristically.

In the Mexican-American War, Americans would bring together a relatively strong navy and army in their attempt to gain the territories of Texas and California. In order to properly deal with the Mexicans, a fighting force would be assembled by the south for one of the first times. Since northerners would barely involve themselves in these issues, southerners would...