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Mexican-American War
Beginning after the annexation of Texas in 1845, this lasted about two years from 1846-1848. Many of the Civil War Generals gained combat experience in the engagements that eventually drew the Border between the US and Mexico.
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Describe how Mexican Americans fought for equality and opportunity during the Progressive Era?
The record remains clouded and unclear at best and different approaches have met with a variety of responses Most answers to this type of question are best suited to the discussion page format because in most cases the science and facts on how to best combat this phenomenon remain opinions and lacks any scientific evidence.
First, accept that discrimination is real and genuine perception. It exists, always has and hopefully will be a thing of the past someday.
Second, the methodology of coping with the phenomenon varies among individuals and some forms of coping with it can be hazardous. (In your face failed during the Zoot Suit Riots as did Black Power.) (La Raza failed.) (Hitler tried the Holocaust, it failed.) (Pink Power has had few advocates.) (Positive images have had moderate success and negative images during the civil rights days were compelling.)
Third, conformance without condescension should be advocated. Acceptance and public use of the English language at a better than third grade level should be expected but not mandated. Public display of a country flag other than the host nation is more than a diplomatic nicety, it should be expected but not mandated.
Did Santa Anna release any prisoners after being captured?
Santa Anna only released a couple of hundred prisoners, because he had executed all of the other prisoners. (prisoners of the Mier expedition)
Texas Revolution and the Mexican American War?
Texas attacked the Mexican Army and thous, a fight began.
Where was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna from?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was a Mexican president and general. He played a key role in the Texas Revolution and the founding of the Mexican Republic.
He was Mexico's dictator.
The President of Mexico on 11 non consecutive occasions.
He was loved and he was hated.
He was pro Spain and anti Independence.
He was pro Independence and anti Spain.
He was pro Empire and Anti Empire.
He was a self promoter and a manipulator.
He was a hero and a villain.
Why did Mexicans come to America?
1- Because The United States is viewed worldwide as a highly desirable destination by would-be migrants
2- High economic incentives like higher pay than they would typically receive in their former country,
3- Uneven economies resulting on laborers moving to where they could find jobs.
Mexico and USA share a border length of 3,169 km (1,969 miles).
4- We love "gueritas " in their natural habitat.
The Wilmot Proviso qualifies as such. It however, was one of the leading causes of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
Where was the treaty that ended the Mexican American war signed?
On February 2, 1848 a peace treaty was signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a few miles outside Mexico City.
That treaty was then submitted to US Congress for ratification and after various modifications the Senate voted to ratify the revised version of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on March 10, 1848.
The Mexican Government followed suit on May 25, 1848.
With that the conflict formally ended.
What is a Mexican-American cowboy called?
cowboy translated to spanish =
1 vaquero
2. gaucho
3. llanero
Why did James Polk started the Mexican American war?
To gain approval from Congress in the form of a Declaration of War usually requires much more than bad blood or feuding, spilled blood is a better excuse to vote in favor of going to War. In any case when troops are placed in harms way it becomes almost inevitable that hostilities in some form will happen. Mexico insisted that the Neuces River was the traditional border for the Mexican State of Tejas and the Texians favored the Rio Grande del Norte as the border. The spaces between the two rivers was treated as a "no man's land" for almost a decade. The Thornton Affair was simply the clash (Casus belli) that spilled enough blood to justify a reluctant Congress to declare War on Mexico.
Which of the following was an immediate cause of the Mexican American war?
The United States annexed Texas.
What was the strategy of US in mexican-american war?
Sieze occupy and defend New Mexico and California.
Sieze occuoy and defend the Neuces Strip.
Remove all Mexican Forces from the border area.
Establish a Naval Blockade of all Mexican ports.
Invade Veracruz and march on the Capital at Mexico City.
How did the Texas war for independence differ from the US Mexican war?
The war for Texas Independence involved a Mexican State (Tejas) breaking away from its parent and seeking Independence.
The Mexican American War involved two Soverign Nations going to War.
What mistakes did Santa Anna make that led to the Mexicans loss?
In the 1830's, Santa Anna was unable to stop Texas from winning indenpendence roma Mexico. In 1840's, the United States annexed Texas. This angered many mexicans.
When a border dispute between Mexico and Texas turned into armed conflict, the United States invaded Mexico. Santa Anna was defeted. Mexico surrendered huge amounts of land to the United States.
Why did Whigs oppose the Mexican-American War?
The Whig Party was a large and nationally based political party. It existed in the South & New England and yes in Illinois where Abraham Lincoln was a member of it. A newspaper in Georgia wanted no war in Mexico that would cost the lives of American soldiers because, as the editor wrote that the USA already had more territory than it would ever need. Evangelical Whig Party members in New England, saw the war as being "not Christian".. it was of course understood that the American Revolution was not anything like a war with Mexico. Authors David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson also declared such a war to be Not in America's interest. Some US military officers ( of fame such as Ethan Allen Hitchcock ) saw little value to the expedition.
Other Whigs, saw President Polk, a Democrat, as using the gains of the war to further the expansion of slavery.
Texas Louisiana-American Annexation Treaty of 1848?
A quick search with Google brings up a lot of posts proclaiming this, but no reference what so ever to this "treaty" in any law library or archive.
So what would the facts be?
First here are the dates of admission into the United States of the areas in question.
Louisiana Apr 30, 1812 Arkansas Jun 15, 1836 Texas Dec 29, 1845 Oklahoma Nov 16, 1907
Second, you do not annex states, you annex territories. The Louisiana Purchase was signed into effect in 1803. This annexed the territories that would become Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern
New Mexico, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans. (The Oklahoma Panhandle, and southwestern portions of Kansas and Louisiana were still claimed by Spain at the time of the Purchase.)
The Republic of Texas was supposed to be annexed in October 1845 as a Treaty of Annexation was the requirement in order to annex a sovereign nation. Texas became a state in December 1845 after statehood was granted by the U.S. Government, however, after research at the national archives of the United States and the state Capital of Texas, no Treaty of Annexation has ever been found and no vote by the people of Texas for Annexation was ever held.
Third, Right to secede (from Texas Annexation)
Neither the ordinance of annexation nor the joint resolution included provisions giving Texas the right to secede.[15] In its decision in Texas v. White in 1869, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Texas' secession in 1861 had been illegal. The Court held that "[t]he Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States." The court did allow that divisibility might be possible "through revolution, or through consent of the States."[16].
Fourth, the only treaty in 1848 involving any of the states mentioned is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which fully ended the Mexican-American War.
The only other treaties created in 1848 are 3 treaties with Native American tribes: the 1848 Treaty with the Pawnee, the 1848 Treaty with the Menominee and the 1848 Treaty with the Stockbridge Tribe.
So given these facts, there is really only one correct answer: These treaties do not exist.
Was the US justified in going to war with Mexico in 1846?
The answer is no. American presidents John Tyler (term 1841-1845) and James K. Polk (term 1845-1849) wished to extend the US territories to the Pacific coast and consolidate what they saw as the "Manifest Destiny" of the country. US interests had expanded in California and its leaders sought to acquire it by any means necessary. The American settlers in Texas had already split off from Mexico and established a republic since 1836. Its annexation as a US state in 1846 led to border conflicts that quickly escalated into war.
Background to the war
When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, the territories it possessed included Mexico, most of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) as well as today's US States of California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension (estimated at only 12 million in 1824), Mexico relaxed its immigration policies and allowed American settlers to help populate the northern territories. The conditions to settle were simple: 1) to pledge allegiance to Mexico and 2) observe Mexican laws and customs. In 1830, these laws incorporated the banning of slavery. As many American settlers in such territories were slave owners, they looked for a pretext to secede from Mexican control.
In 1835, Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna took measures to transform Mexico from a Federal Republic to a Centralist Republic. This move prompted both Yucatan and Texas to secede from Mexico. Santa Anna's government invaded both regions. While Yucatan was regained, Texas defeated Santa Anna and his armies and became a separate republic in 1836. As is the case with today's mainland China and Taiwan, Mexico saw Texas as a rebellious province to be reincorporated at a later time -- preferably by diplomatic means, but by force if necessary. The Mexican government warned the United States that annexation would mean war.
Texas Annexation
By this time, US President John Tyler had learned of California and its riches. In a letter to Tyler, American Plenipotentiary Minister in Mexico, Waddy Thompson, Jr. wrote :
"As to Texas I regard it as of very little value compared with California, the richest, the most beautiful and the healthiest country in the world... with the acquisition of Upper California we should have the same ascendancy on the Pacific... France and England both have had their eyes upon it."
Tyler believed in Manifest Destiny, a term which meant the annexation of all North America into the United States. He didn't believe in Texas but coveted the other territories west of Louisiana, California being the "Crown Jewel". He eventually pushed for annexation of Texas, offering it admission to the Union on March 1, 1845. His successor, President James K. Polk, ratified the admission on December 29 of that year. These moves had much potential to lead to war with Mexico, and ultimately did so.
The War Begins
Faced with the likelihood that Texas would be lost forever, the Mexican government deposed its president and refused to negotiate with US envoy John Slidell, who had been sent to broker a purchase of the lands. When a US patrol was attacked between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers, the US declared war on Mexico, on May 13, 1846. But the first major battles had already taken place between May 3 and 9 at Fort Texas and at Brownsville on the Rio Grande.
How did the war go for the British after 1757?
It was going good i mean because they fought alot and defeated alot of other armies
What did the US promise Hispanos and Californios at the end of the Mexican American War?
The United States promised equal protection under the law at the end of the Mexican American war.
Equal protection under the law.
What states were ceded after the Mexican-American war?
California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming, plus renunciation of claims on the former territory of the Republic of Texas (now Texas and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming).
Through the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), the US was able to expand into the Southwest, with the Mexican Cession of California and New Mexico. The annexation of Texas was also confirmed. The war led directly to the Gadsden Purchase (southern Arizona and New Mexico) in 1853.
Who was the Mexican Army commander at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma?
Martín Perfecto de Cos was the commander of the Mexican Army.
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Why did Texas want to become its own state in the Mexican-American war?
One driving force was the issue of slavery. In order to profitably farm the large tracts of land they had received from Mexico they needed Slave Power to prepare the fields, harvest the crops and ship them to market. Without that manpower their ability to prosper was limited. Mexico did not allow the slave trade and the Texicans wanted it. They had taken up the land knowing that two conditions were attached. # You were required to be a Catholic. There was no requirement to practice that faith but you could openly practice no other and were sworn to be a Catholic as a condition of receiving the land and becoming a citizen of Mexico. # As a good and loyal citizen and as a good Catholic you could not enslave others. All the Anglo Americans knew the rules and had taken the oath. Modern thinkers insist that other freedoms brought about the need for Independence but the facts do not support that position.
