The Mexican Revolutionary War On America

During the mid and late twentieth century a major Mexican immigration Boom happened. With many job opportunities in the agricultural field in the United States and an economy in mexico that was growing but only benefited the rich. Many poor Mexicans migrated to the United States. According to the book, “Mexican Immigrants In The United States” by Portes, Alejandro, Bach, Robert L. Between 1960 and 1970 the Mexican economy was growing at a rapid rate with only the top 5 percent benefiting from it. Unemployment and underemployment began to spread and income inequality got even wider. These events led to a migration of legal and illegal Mexican immigrant into the United States. Mexico became an economic paradise for those who were already wealthy. The rest who were left behind had no other choice than to

“The United States had emerged as a modern capitalist nation, and the spirit of nationalism in the country was strong and growing” (Henderson 71). As tensions grew between the Unites States and Mexico, there was a thirst for war. The Unites States declared war with Mexico, because they owned land that Americans desired, resulting in America’s fulfillment of achieving their philosophy of “Manifest Destiny”. The blood boil of both countries caused a lot of bloodshed. The dispute lasted for a long two year battle which was for huge amounts of land. The Americans were victorious and claimed new territories from the conflict.

The Mexican Revolution began November 20, 1910, and ended on May 21, 1920. The revolution was against the regime of Porfirio Diaz who reigned for 35 years, after Mexico gained its independence from Spain. and was not a good president in the sense that he failed to support the middle and lower classes of Mexico. It was run by the middle (some in the middle (A very a little amount) and all in the lower classes, and they were all influenced by Francisco I. Madero. Although the lower classes didn’t originally full on oppose Diaz they felt neglected as a people. Madero saw this and sought out to influence the people of the country to revolt, so that they could then shift their views completely. Madero writes the Plan de San Luis Potosi, which was a political document written by Madero to describe how he was wrongly imprisoned by Diaz in order for him to lose the election. Madero also wrote the document to spread new ideas on what democracy was, and how to eradicate corruption in Mexico’s government. With the publication of this document support for Diaz and his presidency easily disappeared eventually causing him to resign. Madero then ran for president and won the election properly. But he only reigned for two years before being assassinated, by none other than the military governors, military, and lower classes because Madera failed to make any change in the social classes. A key factor that lead to his assignation was that the

this time many battles were occurred in different cities. We lost many people but gained a great area of land. For example three important events are the battle of Palo Alto, the battle of Buena Vista and the Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Mexican American War is important in American history because it further changed our borders forever. Three important players in the Mexican American War were Zachary Taylor, James K. Polk and Santa Anna. Each of them played an important part in the war. A few days before the Treaty Of Guadalupe, gold was discovered in California which made the Americans want to come farther west more. The battle of Palo Alto took place May 8 of 1846, the battle of Buena Vista took place February 22 of 1847 and the Treaty Of Guadalupe

Many historians consider the Mexican-American war to be an important part of United States’ history. It allowed the young nation to uncover what their true values were and come into its potential as a world power. The Mexican-American war cemented the United States’ role as a world power as the people banded together and put aside differences to secure the supremacy of their way of life. It expanded the values of the American society beyond parochial lives and improved the overall quality of life, it brought about greater nationalism, and ultimately the belief that they the people had the right and might to expand their territory as they saw fit.

In the 1920’s life for Mexican Americans was hard for many of them and easy for others. The 1920’s is when the immigration movement was happening where Mexican Americans immigrated to the United States. As Mexican Americans immigrated there was a list created, this list made them wait if the didn't have the right papers, everyone on the list weren’t able to immigrate so many decided to hide and wait at the border til nightfall to illegally immigrate. People would try to hide and smuggle their family and friends across the border by hiding them in cars

Did you know that in the Mexican-American War, the US took half of Mexico 's land? After Mexico 's independence from Spain in 1821, the northern lands of Mexico were rarely used. America saw this as an opportunity to expand by seizing Mexico’s northern lands, and took it. They accepted Mexico 's offer to live in Texas, and soon Texas became overrun with Americans. They influenced Texas to go against Mexico, and eventually Texas was won by the US in battle. After that, Mexico and America began having disputes. However, the Mexican-American War officially started when Mexican troops shot American soldiers in the disputed territory. In modern-day, many people take sides about whether it was right or not for America to declare war upon Mexico. In various forms, one of the most controversial questions is, "Did the US have good reasons for starting war with Mexico?". The United States were not justified because they were greedy for land, broke Mexican laws that they agreed to while in Mexico, and created faulty reasons for their actions.

Throughout American History, started from Jamestown Americans started to settle upon Native American land by wiping them out or forcing them to move west. By 1846 throughout 1848, Americans approach Mexican territory’s land which they were eager to conquer and Manifest Density that was unstoppable and a goal for the United States. The conflict was the Mexicans weren 't going to give up their land because of a selfish belief and were provoked to go to war against a stronger nation. A war broke out known as the Mexican-American War.

The Mexican-American war started because of border disputes, after the annexation of Texas to the United States. The US and Mexico disputed where the border of the two countries was; therefore, causing the war. Historically, the Mexican-American War, which occurred 1846-1848, affected slavery because of events such as the Wilmot Proviso, Sectionalism, Manifest Destiny, and the Treaty of Guadalupe. Slavery was affected in these ways because of lands added to the United States, so the balance of slave states to free states had possibilities of becoming unbalanced.

Congress started to buckle down on illegal entry to the United States by passing a bill in 1929 about immigration to the United States. This made immigration from Mexico a hazardous ordeal and many Mexican people knew of the hostile treatment up north. Those who were already in America started to fear the fact that if they were found out, they could be sent back home to Mexico and all their efforts in the country would be for naught. Some Mexican Americans ended up going back to Mexico on their own accord, but unfortunately, some were also caught and forced against their will. Our book talks briefly about some of the ways Mexican Americans were forced into returning home; “During the course of this hugely popular campaign, civil liberties were violated on a regular basis, as American born children of immigrants, now U.S citizens were often denied the option to stay in the country when their parents were deported”(Gonzales, p. 150). All in all, as many as 82,400 Mexican Americans were deported back to Mexico against their will (for this information, see gilderlehrman.org link in bibliography. Seen on Feb 19th, 2018). It was ironically and eerily similar to the later round up of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor (from memory but also noted gilderlehrman.org link in bibliography. Seen on Feb 19th,

The war with Mexico is long remembered as an episode, and by no means is it an unimportant one. With the events that led up to its happening, from the Manifest Destiny to the disputes on territory, it has severely marked the United States. American historians regard the Mexican-American war as “the foulest blot on our national honor”. (sfmuseum.org) Unethical actions were taken gain Mexican territory. Polk and his hunger for land drove him to find some devious way to fight a war with Mexico. His belligerent attitude in regard to this war was the “foulest blot on our national honor.” However, as one studies the events that led to it, was it an unprovoked act of aggression? Or did the US unjustifiably lure Mexico into one of the bloodiest wars on American soil?

The American-Mexican war of 1846 may have come and gone, it did have some after effect on the parties involved. In the aftermath of the war, fifteen young Mexican men, who had participated in the war and lived to tell it shared their experience. These group of young Mexicans came together to write a book called “Apuntes”; the book talks about the effects the war had on both countries and lessons learnt. In their analysis of the war, they argue that although the war had its fallout on both countries, the consequences were both long and short term. In the case of a short term, the Americans were able to quickly acquire the territory they fought for, although this acquisition would later be the basis for another deadly and costly war- the Civil War. On the other hand, the Mexicans may have lost the war and their original territory, but the war thought them how to possess their new found land and strengthen their country. However, the Mexicans felt sorrowful that their land was invaded and their

Scholars are quick to neglect the beginning of the fight when discussing the Mexican-American struggle for justice. People claim that “the first major rumblings...were heard in California in 1967,” citing radicalization in universities (Rosales 175). However, they blatantly disregard the foundation for the movement as whole. The beginning of the 20th century Mexican-American revolution dates back at least to depression-era America, starting with the case Alvarez vs Lemon Grove, a monumental decision prohibiting de jure segregation of Mexican-Americans in public school and followed by multiple other lawsuits similarly challenging segregation and discrimination (Castro). Rosales’s reading does however differentiate these cases as well as early

The United States stole Texas from Mexico when Immigrants from America disliked the rules they agreed to follow. Borders were never agreed upon yet the US used the Mexicans crossing borders as a main point to go to war. Immigrants from the US started a revolution in Texas, part of Mexico at the time, because they didn’t want to follow Mexico’s laws. This lead to Texas joining America and Mexico being very mad. Americans moved to Texas and fought a revolution. They won their independence, and Texas joined America. Mexico is upset at the annexation of Texas into America and wants to get Texas back an/or prevent other land from being taken. Mexico and America are fighting over borders before the war breaks out. America should not have gone to

Many nations across time and the world have experienced a revolution. From the American revolution to the French revolution, history has proven conflict can engage a nation at any moment. Tanter explains that two possible scenarios, changes in the economic development and the level of education are likely to cause revolutions (Tanter 264). A revolution can be composed of a group of individuals who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in exchange for change in the existing