Over fifty percent of pre-war Mexico's presumed land would be lost to the United States, setting the border at the Rio Grande River. We would also receive land that ...

President Polk fulfilled his promise by gaining Oregon and, most spectacularly, provoking a war with Mexico that ultimately fulfilled the wildest fantasies of ...

Mexican War.The conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846–48 had its roots in the annexation of Texas and the westward thrust of American ...

May 13, 1846: Announcement of War with Mexico. Transcript. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas the Congress of the United  ...

References: William S. Hoffmann, North Carolina in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 (1959). Lee A. Wallace Jr., "Raising a Volunteer Regiment for Mexico, ...

... because of the divisive issue of admitting another slave state into the United States and the likely prospect that annexation would provoke a war with Mexico.

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Grade 8 US – Oregon History Performance Assignment: Mexican War ... whether or not the United States should declare war on Mexico. President James K.

Author: Michael A. Morrison. Title: The Mexican American War. Territories obtained in the Mexican American War of 1848 caused further sectional strife over the ...

Austin (left) appreciated Mexico's generosity and encouraged his fellow settlers to learn Spanish and serve in the Mexican military. That was partly because he ...