MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Mexican violations of the Monroe Doctrine
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antislavery sentiment in Mexico
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evaporation of Spanish power in North America
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American desire to own Mexico’s northern provinces
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Detailed explanation-1: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip. Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848 marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their transfer to the United States’ control also cut the territorial size of Mexico in half. On the surface, the war’s outcome seemed like a bonanza for the United States. But the acquisition of so much territory with the issue of slavery unresolved lit the fuse that eventually set off the Civil War in 1861.