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4 days ago · 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 damned by its contemporary critics as expansionist, it resulted in the U.S. gaining more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 9, 2009 · The Mexican-American War Begins. On April 25, 1846, Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor, killing about a dozen. They ...
The Mexican–American War, [a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848, (1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
The Mexican-American War. General Winfield Scott's entrance into Mexico City, September 14, 1847, is depicted in this print by Carl Nebel. When war broke out against Mexico in May 1846, the United States Army numbered a mere 8,000, but soon 60,000 volunteers joined their ranks. The American Navy dominated the sea.
Nov 9, 2009 · Mexican-American War: 1846-1848. On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress voted in favor of President James Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas. Under the threat of war ...
