MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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When Texas was annexed in1845, Mexico immediately declared war on the United States and moved its armies into South Texas.
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The Mexican War witnessed a continuous series of military victories by Untied States’ forces.
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The American government refused to listen to Mexican requests to sell Texas to the US.
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The war was uniformly popular throughout the United States.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The war-in which U.S. forces were consistently victorious-resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500, 000 square miles (1, 300, 000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848 marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States received the disputed Texan territory, as well as New Mexico territory and California. The Mexican government was paid $15 million-the same sum issued to France for the Louisiana Territory. The United States Army won a grand victory.