This war happened mainly because the U.S. wanted to expand to the Pacific Ocean to fulfill their Manifest Destiny, trying to take away Mexico’s land. Mexico refused to to give land to the U.S. The big question is whether the U.S. was justified in fighting Mexico in the Mexican-American War. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because Manifest Destiny, too much Mexican interference, and Texas was invaded. One reason the Mexican War was justified was Manifest Destiny. In Document A, John O’Sullivan writes: “Texas is now ours...Let their reception into the “family be frank, kindly, and cheerful….”
Was the United States justified in going to war with Mexico? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because they did not respect their laws, culture, and their beliefs. Second of all, this evidence shows that the US was not justified in going to war because it was useless to fight if the Mexicans were going to lose Texas if it was not now, it would be later on. Truly, it was very clear that the Americans won the war because Texas wanted to become part of the US, and the United States wanted to adopt Texas into their union.
To begin, the war waged against Mexico was unjustifiable because their goal was to expand slavery in the United States. In Document E, house representative Joshua Giddings states his stance on the war, “Mexico has
This is a controversial issue that will be discussed in this essay. The war started in 1846, just like every war, it had its strong supporters and critics. Compared to other wars, the Mexican War seems very small, but in fact, it was not. Thousands of Mexicans and Americans died and half of Mexico was taken by the US as a war prize. So the question is: Was the US justified in going to war with Mexico?
What would you do if the U.S president was setting you up to look like you were invading them? Were the Americans justified to go to war with the Mexicans? I believe they were not justified to go to war. Polk only wanted war to steal the Mexicans land. He set the Mexicans up by making it look like they were invading U.S citizens so that he could get the votes to go to war.
When Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, a string of ruthless dictators and weak presidents made Mexico an easy target for its powerful neighbor, the United States. The US swooped in to expand its territory and its popular institution of slavery. By doing so, the US started a war with Mexico that was justified for illegitimate reasons. The Mexican-American War was not justified because the US took Mexico’s land for the expansion of slavery, and justified their taking advantage of Mexico when it was politically weak by hiding behind Manifest Destiny.
As stated before, the US was justified in going to war with Mexico because of three reasons, Americans were killed, Texas was already annexed, and Manifest Destiny allows it. The United states had many superb reasons for going to war with Mexico. This essay is significant because it helps explain the United States’ choice to go to war with
Was the United States morally right in going to war with Mexico? Morally right suggests that the United States was justified in declaring war on Mexico. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of Manifest Destiny, the annexation of Texas, and the benefits of the economy. First off, The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico by the plan that God had created for the Americans. John O’Sullivan, being the first person to use Manifest Destiny has written that other countries, including Mexico, are disagreeing with the fact
In “A Mexican Viewpoint on the War With the United States,” Voices of Mexico,Issue #41, the issue states: “In the eyes of the [Mexican] government, the mobilization of the US army was an outright attack on Mexico.” This shows that, to Mexico, the Americans randomly entering what they thought was their land would have been seen as an attack. The Americans should have realized that Mexico would take the intrusion as an attack before sending in men to do nothing but walk in the undisputed land, obviously just attempting to egg the Mexicans on to shoot at
The big debate across the growing United States was the debate of slavery and which states would come in as free or slavery states. The Mexican-American War was a major turning point in this debate because it settled the debate over which states would become free or slavery states. This war lasted a little over a year and 9 months long on the border of the United States and Mexico (Texas and Mexico City). This war would helped settle many disputes, but the main debate it would settle would be the huge slavery debate. The Mexican-American War helped the United States gain new territory is the south-western part of the United States.
and Mexican forces had taken place in U.S. territory.” “Further, legislators were at odds over whether Polk had the right to unilaterally declare that a state of war
The Mexican American War should not have happened, the Mexicans should not have gotten that treatment. Although the United States War against Mexico resulted in the gaining of America's most valuable land, the war itself was unjust because of Texas, Slavery, and US Government Actions. To start off with, it was unjustifiable due to Texas and their Selfishness. Texas started this war because they were being greedy.
The War was mostly Mexico’s fault for three reasons. The war was Mexico’s fault because the US wanted peace and Mexico did not, they did not honor a treaty, and they stopped communication with the US. The US soldiers were ordered to stay on what they thought was their border and to not engage, but they were ambushed by the Mexican army. The Government specifically told their troops to stay peaceful so that there would be no war. Mexico however ambushed them while giving little warning to retreat and without a declaration of war.
Although the United States war against Mexico resulted in the gaining of America’s most valuable land, the war itself wasn’t legitimate because of the revolution in Texas, motivation for superiority, and the U.S. government’s actions. To begin, the Texans began an unreasonable war because they didn’t follow Mexico’s laws and conditions. When Mexico started selling cheap land, they set conditions for the people moving in. The people had to convert to Catholicism, learn Spanish, become a Mexican citizen, and have no slaves. Many Americans didn’t like being told what to do, and disobeyed the rules and laws.
If you sent 70 soldiers in territory that you believed to be yours and had gotten a report that some were killed and the rest were captured, would you believe that to be an act of war. The United States War with Mexico began when Mexico invited settlers (That they couldn’t take care of), and became tyrannical. So like the American Revolution they revolted and gained their independence, when we annexed them and moved our soldiers into our own territory. The soldiers were attacked and we declared war against Mexico. Although people may view the war as unjust, it is just do to the Americans having a perfectly reasonable reason to declare a war against Mexico.
