https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4 Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2019-02-20 16:45:14 UTC 2026-04-01 09:03:22 UTC hello@padlet.com maxadler2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333729211 The gruesome war went from April 1846 to February 1848. 
That means that the war was going on for about 23 Months, or 1 year and 11 months! Plus, The gadsden purchase happened about 7-8 years after that so it took place in 1853-1854.]]> 2019-02-21 16:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333729211 jonahbelden2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333730963 The War was between Mexico and America and it was in Texas, New Mexico, California, Northern Central and Eastern Mexico, Rio Grande, and Mexico City.]]> 2019-02-21 16:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333730963 jonahbelden2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333731085  General Antonio López de Santa Anna was one of the main men on the Mexican side of the War.
Valentín Gómez Farías was also a very big part of the Mexican side of the war. General Zachary Taylor was a big part of the American side too and he killed about a dozen Mexican generals and led the American side into Rio Grande]]> 2019-02-21 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333731085 jonahbelden2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333731122 The Mexican war happened mainly because the U.S. wanted more land because of westward expansion. The Gadsden purchase happened because the U.S. wanted to make a railroad going from coast to coast and it would be easiest if they could use the land there.]]> 2019-02-21 16:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/333731122 maxadler2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334229517 2019-02-22 17:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334229517 maxadler2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334233254 2019-02-22 17:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334233254 maxadler2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334235859 Mexican forces attacked an American Army outpost in the occupied territory, killing 12 U.S. soldiers and capturing 52 of them. ]]> 2019-02-22 17:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334235859 jonahbelden2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334980702 The mexican war was a war that gave the U.S. A lot more land, and The Gadsden purchase was the purchase of a small piece of land.
Which means that the US wanted more land so they declared war so that they can get that land.
And the gadsden purchase was just more land that the US needed]]> 2019-02-25 17:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/334980702 jonahbelden2025 https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/335978279 2019-02-27 16:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonahbelden2025/p0kgcpoti1f4/wish/335978279