Mexican War
Taylor's military campaign
The Mexican War (1846–1848) was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico, triggered by disputes over Texas and American territorial ambitions.
The U.S. victory resulted in Mexico ceding vast territories including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Also called the Mexican-American War.
- Zachary TaylorTwelfth American chief executive
- Rio GrandeMajor southwestern waterway
- Manifest DestinyBelief in justified American expansion
- westward expansionSpreading in sunset's direction
- California Gold RushMid-century mining frenzy westward
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- 1840s-1850sOregon Trail, California Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny, Underground Railroad, telegraph
- Whig EraJohn Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster
- 1800sVictorian era, Napoleon, Gilded Age, Queen Victoria, Industrial Revolution
- Antebellum Americaantebellum era, Compromise of 1850, sectionalism, states' rights, Fugitive Slave Act
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