MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
In terms of casualties the Mexican American war was the deadliest war in American history (Highest chance of dying not in numbers)
|
|
|
The war trained future Civil War leaders such as Lee and Grant
|
|
|
The acquisition of the Mexican session brings up the question of the expansion of slavery again
|
|
|
All of these
|
Detailed explanation-1: -It paved the way for so many other important events, from the expansion and dispossession of indigenous people, the California Gold Rush, and American Civil War. It added the states of California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming to the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).
Detailed explanation-3: -Young officers like Grant and Robert E. Lee, who would later lead armies against one another in the Civil War, had their first combat experiences in Mexico. Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott won a series of remarkable victories against the Mexican armies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) 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.