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The most important consequence of the war was the Mexican Cession, in which the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico were ceded to the United States.

2007-03-08 14:17:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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Mexican–American War
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US–Mexican War

The Battle of Veracruz
Date 1846–1848
Location Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City
Result United States victory; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican Cession
Casus
belli Texas Annexation and subsequent border disputes, Thornton Affair
Combatants

United States


Mexico
Commanders
Zachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
Stephen W. Kearney Antonio López de Santa Anna
Mariano Arista
Pedro de Ampudia
Strength
78,789 soldiers 18,000–40,000 soldiers
Casualties
KIA: 1733
Total dead: 13,271
Wounded: 4,152 25,000 killed or wounded (Mexican government estimate)
Mexican–American War
Fort Texas – Palo Alto – Resaca de la Palma – Cañoncito – Santa Fe – Monterrey – 1st Tabasco – San Pasqual – El Brazito – Rio San Gabriel – La Mesa – Cañada – Mora – Embudo Pass – Pueblo de Taos – Buena Vista – Sacramento – Veracruz – Cerro Gordo – Tuxpan – 2nd Tabasco – Contreras – Churubusco – Molino del Rey – Chapultepec – Mexico City – Huamantla – Puebla

The Mexican–American War, also usually known in the United States as The Mexican War and in Mexico as la intervención norteamericana (the North American Intervention) or la guerra del 47 (the War of '47), was a military conflict fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico had not recognized the secession of Texas in 1836 and announced its intention to take back what it considered a rebel province.

In the United States, the war was a partisan issue, supported by most Democrats and opposed by most Whigs, with popular belief in the Manifest Destiny of the United States ultimately translating into public support for the war. In Mexico, the war was considered a matter of national pride.

The most important consequence of the war was the Mexican Cession, in which the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico were ceded to the United States. In Mexico, the enormous loss of territory which resulted from the war encouraged the central government to enact policies to colonize its northern territories as a hedge against further losses.

2007-03-08 14:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

As a result of that war, the United States gained the territories that now make up the most western parts of the US, except fo the Oregon Territory. We aslo gained permission to build a transcontinental railroad acroos Mexico to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but it was never acted upon.

2007-03-08 14:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by enialis_xiloscient 1 · 0 0

Almost half of the area of Mexico was ceded to the United States most of which lie in northwest US today in what was called the Mexican Cession (1848).

2007-03-08 14:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by starjammer 3 · 0 0

Everything good that has happened since then but little that is a result of it..

2007-03-08 14:14:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2007-03-08 14:17:16 · answer #6 · answered by stoke 2 · 0 0

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