MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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It reached the height of its popularity during the 1840s.
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Its goals were racist and unethical.
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Its goals required the U.S. to acquire Mexican land.
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Its supporters were pleased by the outcome of the Mexican-American war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best explains how the idea of Manifest Destiny lead to the Mexican-American War? Mexico was a barrier to achieving what many believed was America’s destiny to expand to the Pacific.
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. Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of “Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country’s borders from ‘sea to shining sea’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).