Why did the US want Oregon in the Mexican War?
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Why did Polk promise California and Oregon to the voters? He did this because Americans were already there and because of the massive economic potential in these areas. The two causes that make the most sense, however, are the constant westward movement of Americans and the concept of Manifest Destiny.\nJames Polk won the 1844 presidential election by advocating a belligerent stand against Britain on the Oregon Question. Once in office he declared that "the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny." About the same time the term Manifest Destiny came into vogue to describe what was regarded as a God-given right to expand U.S. territory. The term was applied particularly to the Oregon dispute, but it had relevance also to California, where American settlers warned of British intrigues to take control, and to Texas.
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Can you give more information please?   Mexican Civil War  (Guerra de Revolucion) started in 1910, but the US Intervention War was around 1847.
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The Mexican-American war brought California into the U.S.
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If it was it was stolen by Texans.  Texas won it's independence in 1836 and was the Texas Republic until 1845 when it joined the Union.  The Mexican-American War was not until after that.  Lincoln's single term in the U.S. Congress was from 1847-1849.  If it can be said that we stole any lands from Mexico as a result of the settlement of a war, could it not be said that Mexico had itself stolen these lands from Spain?  Then of course we all know who had them before that and had it stole from them as well.  Are we now trying to rewrite history books to make them politically correct without stepping on anyone's toes?
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A better option would be to allow the Mexican public an opportunity to vote themselves in to a negotiated merger, or essentially a referendum on the performance of their government over the past century.  Of course the Mexican Goverment would never allow that any more than US Goverment would.  A huge amount of the reason that Mexicans come to the US looking for jobs is that the PRI managed to keep Mexico's economy from developing in a normal fashion during the bulk of the 20th century.  Some of the pandering of the US goverment to Mexico could very well be explained by a desire to see the PAN remain in control of the Goverment in Mexico, however in the long run the US needs to secure it's borders, punish US employers of Illegals and do what we can in helping Mexico provide enough jobs for their own population.  Though hypothetically combining the two countries does make some sense.
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The U.S. doesn't have an official language as such ... but we should have!!  And present day Mexicans have no claim whatsoever over any part of the U.S. ... even the Mexican constitution acknowledges where the border is drawn, and what belongs to Mexico ... and having read their constitution, I didn't find one reference to California or New Mexico or whatever they want to claim belongs to Mexico ... we have to deal with the realities of TODAY ... not the realities of hundreds of years ago ... at the same token, Russia could then claim Estonia again ... Sweden could claim the ports of Germany .... and on and on it goes ....
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The war between the U.S. and Mexico. The White settlers were being attacked by Mexicans & Indians since they were settling in areas they previously controled. But the Whites kept comming and fought back and eventually the U.S. government even helped out. After the Mexicans had their arses whipped they agreed (in return for us giving them back the capital - Mexico city that we occupied) to give us land that today makes up the 7 Southwestern States the mestizos want back. So in that war the U.S. gainged more territory for the White man than any other war we fought or via any other way. However the mestizos are getting it back since we are not defending it anymore. The war with Mexico was in 1848 to 1850 I think.
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mexician and american war 158 years ago.  only i am not so sure you can invade, mexician troops were riding across the rio grande into texas, which had won its independence.\n\nat the same time, the folks in CA declared indpendence from mexico as well.
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In case U hadn't noticed, we can't invade Mexico because we ARE Mexico.  There R just as many Mexicans in the USA as there R down there.  The line that divides our 2 countries gets blurrier every day.  Our only course of action is 2 drag them up out of the gutter, upgrade their 3rd world status, fix them up like we did with Japan back in WWII.
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What the heck would we need with Mexico ?
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The Mexican Cession is a historical name for the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo following the Mexican-American War. The cession of this territory from Mexico was a condition for the end of the war. For the 38 years between 1810, when Mexico declared its independence from Spain, and 1848, the region had formed approximately one-third of the territory of Mexico; prior to that, it had been a part – albeit a remote one, largely without European settlement – of the Spanish colony of New Spain for some three centuries.
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they did sell it, right after the mexican american war "Surveys consistently show 70% of Mexican citizens believe the U.S. stole the Mexican Cession illegally, when in fact the U.S. bought the land for $18 million after the Mexican-American War."  ( http://www.noinvaders.org/home.shtml  scroll down to "this is mexico we are taking over" )  and 18 million back then was still a dirt cheap price for the amount of land the US got.
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We had a chance at annexing Mexico once, but the issue at the time was slavery and the Northern Free States were afraid of being superceded by the Southern Slave States in the Congress. So, we left the country alone and only took the land we believe we were entitled to, which was the South West including California. To take over Mexico now would be a very bad idea. Best to settle our own affairs and help Mexico in a better fashion.
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USA.. Mexican-American War.\n\nFrance....funny.
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Ha ha. Mexico would be stupid to go to war with us. They would not do it. The only people that would be hurt by the mine field idea, would be people who should not have been there in the first place. I like the idea, but know it will never be implemented.\n\njo- Why don't you open your house to everyone?\n\nchuckc2003- I don't know where you live, but this has been a big deal for a long time where I live. I am glad something is finally getting done.\n\nBuck Fush!- Uhh, no one is arguing to stop immigration moron. It is about illegal aliens. Sooooo STFU!
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The Mexican government does not dictate anything to the US government or to any governement besides its own. \nThe debate is, among other things, wether to criminalize illegal immigrants and Mexico just wants the US to really think about it. Most countries will not tolerate any outside interference in regards to how they run their own government... that is one of the main reasons why countries are invaded.\nMexico patrols its southern border mostly because of US pressure because most latinamerican immigrants have to come to Mexico before going to the US and this also causes a lot of trouble for Mexico. There are lots of rapes and robberies going on not only on the south but all through Mexico and some of the most dangerous gangs (like La Mara Salvatrucha) are stablishing ang breaking havoc in Mexico before migrating to the US. \nMexico's economy is better than some ountries in Latin America and although the goal of most of the immigrants is not to stay permanently in Mexico they have to compete there for the available jobs, and in Mexico, Mexicans are willing to take any available job. We cannot afford to be choosy and say we are not worth a job so let the illegal immigrants take it.
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Because Mexico is south of USA