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What were reasons that the US shouldn't have gone to war with Mexico?
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∙ 14y ago
we shouldn't have gone to war with Mexico because all we really wanted was California at the time and Texas came to us to be annexed. It basically was a big misunderstanding between who was on who's land.
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Did Mexico win the Spanish and American War?
The Spanish American War did not involve Mexico.
What was Mexico involvement in the Vietnam war?
Mexico was neutral.
Slavery after the war with Mexico?
Was intoduced in Arizona and New Mexico.
What was the spanish American war called in Mexico?
Invasion Estadounidense de Mexico or: American invasion of Mexico
What did Mexico consider the US annexation of Texas?
A provocation to start a war, as Mexico had already warned the US that annexation would mean war (it did; and Mexico lost).
Reasons of the war with Mexico?
Annexation and the Thornton Affair.
Explain the reasons for the war between US and Mexico?
Mexico diplomatically notified the US that the annexation of Texas would be considered an Act of War, and the US went ahead and annexed Texas.
What were the issues that divided the country after the war with Mexico?
Slavery and manifest destiny, which were the real reasons behind such conflict.
Would a foreign war with Mexico have prevented the US Civil War?
In fact, the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was one of the reasons to the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Mexico claimed what border with Texas?
Nueces River. This is one of the "official" reasons for the Mexican-American War.
What reasons for war did Polk cite in his message?
Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil
What are three reasons that people in the US had for wanting to go to war with Mexico?
I don't have 3 reasons, however the main reason is manifest destiny. The government claimed war accusing mexican troops to have illegally crossed into American territory where they attacked and killed American soldiers.
When was Everybody's Gone to War created?
Everybody's Gone to War was created in 2005-03.
Why did the U.S. declared war on Germany in April of 1917?
2 main reasons. Germany kept sinking ships with Americans on them (such as RMS Lusitania). And Germany plotted with Mexico to conquer parts of US and give land back to 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.
How did the US getting involved in World War 1?
America became involved in World War I due to a variety of reasons: the sinking of the Lusitania that led to American deaths, the publishing of the Zimmermann Telegram which promised Mexico some American territory, and their closeness with the Allies in World War I.
What incident involving Mexico was one of the reasons the US entered world war 1?
the Zimmerman note is one of the reasons why the US entered ww1. The German Officer Zimmerman sent a letter to Mexico saying that they should be on the Central Powers side and have a war with the US. That way, the US would be distracted and not interfere with the European war. In exchange, Mexico would get back their land that the US took/won from them. (meaning Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, give or take a state). However, this note was found before it the Mexican official saw it and the US finally lost patience with Germany.
