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The Mexican War (1846-1848) was opposed by many Americans. There are at least four reasons for the opposition. First, President James Polk was a Democrat.
Was there opposition to the Mexican-American War within the United States? Democrats, especially those in the Southwest, strongly favoured the Mexica | Britannica
Many who were opposed to this idea were southerners who, while desiring the annexation of more slave territory, did not want to make Mexico’s large mestizo (people of mixed Indian and European ancestry) population part of the United States. Others did not want to absorb a large group of Roman Catholics.
Ironically, while religious opponents of the war were motivated by a deep conviction regarding the immorality of slavery, they often shared with expansionists a strong belief in Anglo-American racial superiority. As a result, sympathy for the Mexican people did not feature prominently in religious discourses against the war.
Expansionistic fervor propelled the United States to war against Mexico in 1846. The United States had long argued that the Rio Grande was the border between Mexico and the United States, and at the end of the Texas war for independence Santa Anna had been pressured to agree.
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Many who were opposed to this idea were southerners who, while desiring the annexation of more slave territory, did not want to make Mexico’s large mestizo (people of mixed Native American and European ancestry) population part of the United States.
Sep 12, 2015 · Abuse from Protestant officers partly drove hundreds of Irish soldiers to defect from the US army to the Mexican side before and during the 1846-48 war with Mexico.
