Mexican American War
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Why did we go to war with Mexico? What were the long-term impacts? Were we justified in our efforts? What was the importance of Manifest Destiny and how did it play out through American Society? Work and finish the DBQ on this topic.
61. The Mexican War of 1846 was fought primarily to (A) avenge the slaughter of 186 Texans at the Alamo by Santa Anna’s Mexican force (B) drive the Spanish from Mexico and establish Mexican freedom once and for all (C) stop raids by Mexican “bandits” into U.S. territory in Texas and Arkansas (D) acquire California, New Mexico and disputed territory along Texas’ southern and western borders from Mexico (E) depose the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, and replace his regime with a democratically elected government friendly to the United States.
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