Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War. Fueled by patriotism and faith in Manifest Destiny, the American public was in an expansionist mood in the early ...

The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico that took place in 1846–1848. It occurred in the wake of the 1845 U.S. ...

DMVA - Michigan's military served to protect the state and in the battle area during the war with Mexico. The conflict raged from 1846 until 1848.

As every one understands, our conflict with Mexico has been almost entirely eclipsed by the greater wars following it. But in the field of thought mere size does  ...

Causes of the Mexican-American War. CAUSE #1: Manifest Destiny. Explanation: The political faction pushing for this movement could be known simply as the ...

The U.S. - Mexico War (1846-1848) is the largest and most significant armed struggle between two nations in the western hemisphere. Learn more about this ...

Polk had a larger goal in mind – the acquisition of Mexico's northern territories of Alta California and Nuevo México. President Polk initially planned a limited war, ...

The annexation of Texas to the United States in 1845 brought on a war with Mexico in the spring of 1846. The war, which lasted for a year and a half, involved  ...

Historian Brian DeLay unearths the forgotten role played by Native Americans in the U.S.–Mexican War.

In his editorial, Douglass argues that the Mexican War was a mechanism to expand slavery.