MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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increasing support of, and a belief in, Manifest Destiny
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spreading Christianity throughout North America
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using the Progressive movement to promote settlers coming to the West
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increasing support of Imperialism throughout the U.S. territories.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 square km) of land, expanding U.S. territory by about one-third.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the end of the war, Mexico would lose almost half its territory to the U.S., including lands from Texas to California. The war was a key event in American History as it fulfilled its ‘manifest destiny’, encompassing land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Mexican-American war (1846-1848) changed the slavery debate. It almost doubled the size of the United States and began a debate, between Northerners and Southerners, over what to do with the newly acquired land. A timeline of significant events of the Mexican-American War, from the University of Michigan.