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2 days ago · The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
- Battles of The Mexican–American War
Background. The Mexican–American War lasted from 1846 until...
- Mexican Cession
A map of Mexico, 1835–1846, with separatist movements...
- Texas Annexation
Texas ratified the agreement with popular approval from...
- California Republic
The California Republic (Spanish: República de California),...
- American Propaganda in The Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War was highly controversial in...
- John Riley
John Patrick Riley (also known as John Patrick O'Riley)...
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the...
- Blockade of Veracruz
The blockade of Veracruz was extremely important in the...
- Pacific Coast Campaign
The Pacific Coast Campaign refers to United States naval...
- Red River Canyon
The Taos Revolt was a popular insurrection in January 1847...
- Battles of The Mexican–American War
May 7, 2024 · Mexican-American War, war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It was caused by a territorial dispute stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from contention over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande.
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- What was the Mexican-American War?The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848. Won by the Americans and dam...
- What did the Mexican-American War have to do with Manifest Destiny?The concept of Manifest Destiny held that the United States had the providential right to expand to the Pacific Ocean. In 1845 the U.S. annexed the...
- Was there opposition to the Mexican-American War within the United States?Democrats, especially those in the Southwest, strongly favoured the Mexican-American War. Most Whigs, however, viewed the war as conscienceless lan...
- What did the U.S. gain by winning the Mexican-American War?Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which settled the Mexican-American War, the United States gained more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 s...
- How did the Mexican-American War increase sectionalism in the United States?The Mexican-American War reopened the slavery-extension issue, which divided the North and South and which had been largely dormant since the Misso...
2 days ago · The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
- April 21 – August 13, 1898, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
May 9, 2024 · Battle of Puebla, (May 5, 1862), battle fought at Puebla, Mexico, between the army of the liberal government headed by Benito Juárez and the French forces sent by Napoleon III to establish a French satellite state in Mexico.
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May 1, 2024 · Context: Mexican-American War. Key People: Zachary Taylor. Battle of Palo Alto, (May 8, 1846), first clash in the Mexican-American War, fought in the disputed territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande rivers. The site of the battle is in present-day southeastern Texas, U.S., about 9 miles (14.5 km) northeast of Matamoros, Mexico.
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6 days ago · In 1831, an American merchant ship, Friendship, arrived on the island to secure a shipment of pepper to transport back to the United States. Upon the ship’s arrival, local natives from a...
May 13, 2024 · The conflict centered on the independent Republic of Texas, which opted to join the United States after establishing its independence from Mexico a decade earlier.
