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Why did president Woodrow Wilson send American troops to capture Francisco villa?
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∙ 8y ago
Pancho Villa had raided a village in New Mexico and killed Americans. Wilson was determined to prevent Villa from using US territory as a staging ground for his war in Mexico.
Billy Hagenes
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∙ 6y agoIt was a punitive expedition with the aim of capturing or killing Villa, due to his raid on the town of Columbus, NM which resulted in 37 U.S. soldiers and 15 civilians killed.
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President Woodrow Wilson sent US troops twice from 1914 to 1917 the first time to influence its government and the second time to try to capture a murderer of American citizens?
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To capture the Mexican rebel Francisco Villa.
American troops were sent into Mexico to try to capture this Mexican revolutionary leader?
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
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Pancho Villa attacked the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. President Woodrow Wilson sent troops to capture him. General John Pershing chased Villa but never caught him. Pancho Villa never attacked the US again.
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How sectionalism played an important role in party political during at least one period of American history?
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