Mexican American War Dbq Analysis

The Mexican American War was a very controversial event. The Americans believed in their “Manifest Destiny” which prompted them to annex the territory of Texas which, in turn, initiated the war on April 25, 1846. Texas was annexed to the Union as a slave state on December 29, 1845. This upset all of the Free states along with the Mexicans but the Southerners were in favor of the war because it gave them more strength when fighting for slavery. While there were many different beliefs about the Mexican-American War throughout the United States, these beliefs generally were the same within a region.

“Restless spirits, discontented at home… joined them… the work of rebellion sped.” (Sumner 329) It shows they rebelled. “But now,... Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.” (Polk 325) The Americans made claims that were false. The land between the Rio Del Norte is the American border. (Polk 325) Not their official land. Mexicans passed the border. (Pole 325) Mexico did nothing wrong. The Americans were not justified because they broke Mexico’s rules. They broke too many rules to be justified in a war that could have been easily

The second reason the US was unjustified is that Polk really provoked Mexico. President Polk strongly believed in Manifest Destiny. He believed that it was a plan of God to kick out Mexicans and let the US grow. He stole Texas from Mexico. This is from Document B. This evidence shows that the US was unjustified in going to war because he thought Manifest Destiny was a plan of God.

There are many reasons as to why the United States was right to go to war with Mexico. For one reason, United States needed the land much more than Mexico did due to their growing population. Accordingly, in Document A it was said of the United States, “the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” What this means is that the United States was in great need for land as their population was increasing rapidly; while Mexico was holding on to something that they did not need. For another reason, war with Mexico was justified because Mexico was first to invade and attack the United States troops; not the other way around.

America was justified in going to war with Mexico because, our Manifest Destiny, Mexico let us into their territory, and because of the 16 lives that were taken on our own soil. Mexico was being a little child, holding grudges on the U.S. for “taking” Texas. Texas was not theirs to take so we had to defend it. It is important that the U.S. went to war today for many reasons. One is that we might not have half of America. Another is that Mexico could have killed more innocent lives, and tried to take more

The Mexican-American War ended with about 25,000 people dead, but did it even have a reason for starting? The answer is no, this fateful event was not justified. The United States began a war with Mexico that lasted two years for basically no reason at all. Document A shows that John O’Sullivan based everything that happened between the U.S. and Mexico on his beliefs and not what was right for the country. Furthermore, documents B and C express how Polk aggravated Mexico by having suspicious behavior.

Although it might not seem like the Mexican-American was a significant event in history, it was actually extremely important and has helped shape the United States into what it is today. This war between the two countries was started because Mexicans believed the border was the Nueces River, while Texans and Americans believed it was the Rio Grande, which caused confusion and anger in both countries. To make things worse, Texas decided to annex itself to the United States at a time when Mexico believed Texas still belonged to them. On April 25, 1846, the United States declared war on Mexico, and the Mexican-American War lasted all the way until February 2, 1848. However, many question whether or not the United States was justified in going

The second reason why America was justified in going to war with Mexico was that Mexico didn’t have a very good government. In document A paragraph 3 John L. O’Sullivan said,”Mexico never can exert any real government authority over such a country.” America took Texas, because Mexico can’t govern very well. If Mexico was still owning Texas it would probably be chaos. America had a stronger government than Mexico. Some people thought it was America’s duty to make Texas part of the United States. John L. O’Sullivan said,” California will, probably, next fall away from Mexico… Imbecile and distracted” (Doc A paragraph

The Mexican War in 1846 was a result of territorial disputes between the United States and Mexico over Texas. The US and Mexico both felt that the Texas territory was rightfully theirs. The resulting war once again demonstrated the strength of America, while bullying Mexico into giving half of its country away. While America thought that they were justified in going to war, many modern day historians disagree. I also share the viewpoint that the Mexican War was an unjustified attempt by the United States to complete its notion of “Manifest Destiny”, due to one sided views, logical reasoning, and American disrespect.

Now we have to remember that Mexico believes the annexation of Texas was inadmissible for legal and security reasons, as stated previously in Jesus Velasco-Marquez’s “American viewpoint on the war with the United States.” Based on this information, it can easily be known that because of the beliefs the Mexicans had, and the appearance of the United States Army, Mexico is bound to fire upon the

“Mexico started the war” Said James Polk. Mexico declared themselves a country in 1821 from Spain there mother country.Texas was part of Mexico but texans didn’t like being treated unfairly and related there problem to the american revolutionary.Texas declared independance from Mexico in 1836.Texas became a country for 10 years before being annexed by the united states in 1845.Texas has become a slave state. President Polk (president of United States Of America) was having some issues with mexico because in 1846, the mexican soldiers attacked 36 american soldiers.That when america got to war with Mexico.United states was justified in going to war with mexico because Mexico crossed the border and attacked 36 U.S men,the mexican government was weak,and Mexico wasn’t fair to Texas.

Those that see the war as unjust, will argue Polk expected Mexican citizens to be in their own territory. However, the Mexicans saw it as a threat and killed 16 American soldiers in the area thought to be theirs but was U.S

The shots that killed and injured sixteen U.S. soldiers finally gave President Polk of the United States “reason” to go to war with Mexico. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because the United States provoked Mexico’s “attack” and only took the land for their development (which they did unlawfully).

The war started when the General sent John Slidell to Mexico City to buy California which furiated the Mexicans so they sent him back. When Mexico had fired on U.S, troops on the “Texas” side, the President found a reason to go to war with them even though the Mexicans were trying to protect the border from them. In the end, the U.S. won the war. Later on, Mexico achieved independence of the Spanish Crown and the U.S. had begun to move into Texas. I believe that the United States was not justified to go to war with Mexico because the U.S. had made an act of a declaration of war and Mexico was protecting themselves.

His lust for land was so immense that he tried many things to get the land he desired. He offered paying for California, which infuriated the Mexican government considering they had already lost Texas. This would have taken another large part of Mexico [B.E]. However Polk was not willing to take “no” for an answer. Polk went out of his way to convince Congress to start a war with Mexico so he could fulfill his belief of “Manifest Destiny.” Polk knew that if he sent his soldiers out to the disputed territory, he would get Mexico to attack, giving an excuse for Congress to allow the declaration of war [Doc B]. There was a confrontation between the American and the Mexican soldiers. Mexico saw this confrontation as a threat because they considered the Americans were invading Mexican Territory [Doc C]. Sure enough Mexico had shot the first bullet. Everything went accordingly to Polk’s plan [Doc B]. Although Mexico’s attack was self defense against the American army, it was enough for the Congress to allow a war with the neighboring country, Mexico. This was an indefensible reason for the war considering Mexico’s action can be argued as trying to guard their side of what they considered theirs. Polk’s actions were very avaricious and Congress was too blind to realize President Polk was the provocateur of Mexico’s reason to