What led to the war with Mexico and what was the result?

Answer 1

Causes:

· Texas Revolution (Texas wanted to be separate from Mexico and part of the U.S.)

· Manifest Destiny (U.S. expansionism to Mexican territory is justified)

· No economic claims from American citizens affected by the Mexican Revolution years earlier were paid.

· Annexation of Texas by the U.S. and Mexico cuts diplomatic ties with U.S.

· President Polk, the president at the time, is a warmonger

· Manifest Destiny

· Boundary dispute in Texas region (U.S. claims Rio Grande river is border between the two countries and Mexico claims the Nauzes river as the border between the two countries)

Consequences or outcomes:

· War experience for Civil War generals

· More sectionalism (fight if to make new areas slave or free states)

· Uneasy reactions with Latin America since then

· CA gold rush starting in 1848

Answer 2

California, Manifest Destiny and slavery. The direct result was victory and the acquisition of the US Southwest and on the longer term, the American Civil War (1861-1865).

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