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Yes. By accepting Texas as a state and allowing patrols in a no man's land, President Polk provoked Mexico into war.

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What motivated the US to enter to the mexican American war?

To gain Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico


Germany's effort to persuade Mexico to enter into war against the US was revealed in the?

Zimmermann Telegram


Germany's effort to persuade Mexico to enter into war against the US was revealed in the .?

Zimmermann Telegram


How can you enter Mexico from the US?

You only need a valid passport to enter Mexico.


What caused the US to enter war world one?

There were a number of "casus belli" (Latin for "Causes of War"), but the ultimate reasons were based on Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. The "Zimmerman telegram", a German diplomatic message addressed to Mexico, had proposed that Germany and Mexico should enter into an alliance in which previously Mexican territories such as Texas, New Mexico and Arizona would be restored to Mexico when Germany won the war. Mexico ignored the proposal, but the message was intercepted and decrypted by the British, who used it encourage the US to enter the war overtly on the side of Britain. This provided the final impetus for Congress to declare war.


What event provoked the US to enter World War 1?

Germany attempting to form a military alliance with Mexico.


What events helped provoked the US to enter World War?

Germany attempting to form a military alliance with Mexico


What ultimately caused the US to enter war world one?

There were a number of "casus belli" (Latin for "Causes of War"), but the ultimate reasons were based on Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. The "Zimmerman telegram", a German diplomatic message addressed to Mexico, had proposed that Germany and Mexico should enter into an alliance in which previously Mexican territories such as Texas, New Mexico and Arizona would be restored to Mexico when Germany won the war. Mexico ignored the proposal, but the message was intercepted and decrypted by the British, who used it encourage the US to enter the war overtly on the side of Britain. This provided the final impetus for Congress to declare war.


The zimmerman note which pushed the US to enter the war exposed the German plan to?

to help Mexico regain U.S. territory


Why did the US not want to admit Texas to the union?

It would have to enter as a slave state. And they didn't want a war with Texas and Mexico.


Did the Germans attempt to form an alliance with Mexico provoke the US to enter World War 1?

yes they did but it didn't work out


If you were to walk south from the western US what country would enter?

Mexico