Mexican War Dbq Essay

The Mexican War between the U.S. and Mexico has expanded the borders of the U.S. and shrunk the country of Mexico. Till this day there is still debate if the U.S. was justified in going to war with Mexico. Now, There are many reasons why the U.S was not justified in going to war with a young and growing Mexico such as, Polk wanted to start a war, falsely advertising events that soon led up to the war, and how Mexico let Americans on their land to help the young country out. these claims are proved by new sources that have come to light instead of the stories the American history books teach kids in schools.

First of all, when Mexico declared independence from Spain the young country was barely starting to grow. The Northern parts of Mexico

and Mexico. Unfortunately, the history books miss the mark on details that made this happen, Polk had already stated that he wanted to take over Texas and California even if it meant by force in Document C. It would make sense if he would send troops crossing the border, towards the center of Mexico trying to cause action from the Mexican government. Document C explains this ¨(In early 1846, on Polk´s orders)¨ the troops commanded by General Zachary arrived at the Rio Grande, across from the City of Matamoros, thus occupying the territory in dispute and increasing the confrontation.¨ In Mexico´s shoes, sending an army close to the center of the young country was seen as a direct attack as stated in Document C ¨In the eyes of the (Mexican) government, the mobilization of the US army was an outright attack on Mexico.¨ That is why the U.S. is not Justified in going to war with

Since the Army President James Polk sent to Mexico was attacked by the Mexican government he began to spread incorrect information that ¨Ämerican blood was shed on American soil,¨ When in reality no blood was shedded on American soil, therefore, this only made things worse for Mexico. Document B War message of President James Polk, Washington, May 11, 1846 “Mexico has passeed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.¨ This war message James Polk sent to the Senate and House of Repesentaives is somewhat of a lie, falsely accusing Mexico of deeds that were staged and misleading is an act of Fraud, thus, proving that the U.S. was not justified in going to War with