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  1. The MexicanAmerican 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. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because Mexico refused to ...

  2. May 7, 2024 · 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.

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  3. Nov 9, 2009 · The Mexican-American War was a 1846-1848 conflict over vast territories in the American West, which the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave to the United States.

  4. May 14, 2020 · Two long years had passed after the initial shots were fired, sparking the Mexican American War in 1846. After United States forces under General Winfield Scott captured and occupied Mexico City in 1848, Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna surrendered. Thus, ending the war which began as a border dispute. The peace treaty between the ...

  5. The Mexican-American War stemmed largely from the desire of the United States to extend its borders. This war ultimately helped push the United States closer to civil war. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. When the United States annexed Texas in 1845, Mexico severed relations with its northern neighbor.

  6. May 7, 2024 · Mexican-American War. The U.S. Army, commanded by General Zachary Taylor, encamped in Mexican territory during the Mexican-American War. (more) political cartoon: Mexican-American War. Political cartoon from 1846 depicting U.S. Pres. James K. Polk (right) looking on as Gen. Winfield Scott pours soup on Gen. Zachary Taylor, whom Polk had ...

  7. 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.

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