Mexican American War Research Paper

The many battles of the Mexican American war led to what is now the U.S. borders The Mexican American war led to social inequality over Mexican immigrants, a debate on slavery in the new U.S. territory, and a treaty which ended the war.
On May 13, 1846 the U.S. declares war with Mexico President James K. Polk requested a war because he wanted more territory Polk wanted to get the U.S. borders changed Polk not only wanted what is now Texas but other U.S. states

The U.S. advanced into Mexico on the Rio Grande river. Due to the small population just north of the Rio Grande, the U.S. was able to capture this land very easily
The first battle of the war was the battle of Palo Alto. The U.S. had superior rifles and artillery compared to the Mexicans. The second major battle was the capture of Monterrey which happened on September 25, 1840. The Mexicans had to turn to backup general, Mariano Arista because they were stacking up so many losses.

Many people were in shock during the war, mainly because they were confused about what was going on
Many thought that the U.S. would gain another victory. Though the U.S. was still in debt, we had the necessary equipment to gain what was the greatest major victory on foreign soil
The Mexican American war led to social inequality over Mexican immigrants
After the war, the U.S. had to give citizenship to the Mexicans that were already in America
Even today Mexican immigrants are still socially unequal.
At the time Polk wanted the immigrants with citizenship to leave the country
Mexican immigrants didn't have the same rights that normal citizens had.
Even though Mexican immigrants were citizens they were not treated the same
The signing of the treaty was only the beginning
At first there were many problems with