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How does the Mexican War relate to Manifest Destiny?

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How does the Mexican War relate to Manifest Destiny?

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Manifest Destiny said that the U.S. was destined to expand westward and that is just what the Mexican War was about. In the Mexican War the U.S. felt like they had to complete the Manifest Destiny so first they tried to buy land from Mexico but Mexico refused to sell. Then, still trying to complete the Destiny had a war.

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When did the Mexican American War take place?

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When did the Mexican American War take place?

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The Mexican American War started on April 25,1846 and ended on February 2,1848. During this war 79,000 American troops were there and 13,200 died a mortality rate of 17% mainly from disease and sickness like yellow fever, dysentery, smallpox, and malaria. Also, 25,000 Mexican troops and civilians died in those 2 years of war.

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What happened before the Mexican American War?

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What happened before the Mexican American War?

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Before the Mexican American War the U.S. tried to buy land from Mexico but Mexico refused. Still the U.S. believed in the Manifest Destiny which was to expand westward so they started a war to gain more land out towards the west which meant taking over part of Mexico.

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Who was involved during the Mexican War?

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Who was involved during the Mexican War?

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During the Mexican War the U.S. had wanted to expand southward towards Mexico to gain the west coast.

Some people who had the most influence are:

James K. Polk.

Winfield Scott.

Zachary Taylor.

Stephen W. Kearny.

John Drake Sloat.

William Jenkins Worth.

Robert Field Stockton.

Joseph Lane.

Nicholas P. Trist.

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- Before the U.S. started to invade Mexico they tried to buy land from them.
-  A few Irish Catholic Soldiers deserted the U.S. Army and went to fight for Mexico.
-  Nicholas P. Trist was sent south of our border to try and work out a treaty with Mexico. The process was taking a long time and President Polk was getting restless. Soon he ordered Trist to stop the treaty and come back home but Trist refused thinking that he was on the verge of an agreement. Polk tried to remove him from Army Headquarters but was not able to. A little while later Trist had struck the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which was to end the war.
- The Mexican War reduced the size of Mexico by 1/2.
- The U.S. never lost one major battle.

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What wars took place during the Mexican American War?

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What wars took place during the Mexican American War?

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- Battle of Palo Alto
- Battle of Monterrey
-  Battle Buena Vista
- Battle of Cerro Gordo
- Battle of Contreras
- Battle of Chapultepec

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This war helped America expand because in the beginning America was only on the east coast. During the war america gained Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

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The main reason the Mexican war happened is because America wanted more land in the western side and Spain was in a war so they saw it as a way to get more land.

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During the event, the United States saw that spain was in a war. The United States saw this as a way to gain land. They also wanted to expand west and south.