Mexican War DBQ

Was the Mexican-American war worth it or not worth it? This essay argues that the United States was justified in going to war with Mexico.

Where the Americans not right for fighting Mexico just to make a slave market and steal Mexico’s land by taking over? The Mexican-American war was not justified because the American immigrants were not following Mexican laws, such as no slavery. Also another thing that is brought up on this document is just because you fight back does not mean that you are wrong. The Mexican American war was not justified because of the Mexican laws they did not follow and swore to follow.

War with Mexico was justified because Mexico provoked America, then would not negotiate with the United States, and many Americans were already in the territory that America wanted. According to Document B, Mexico randomly attacked American soldiers patrolling the Rio Grande. Mexico had shed blood on American soil, and therefore America was justified to retaliate. Mexico also selfishly demanded that the border decided upon by the two countries was unfair, and wanted the Nueces River to be the border instead of the Rio Grande.

America was justified in going to war with Mexico because Mexico invited Americans into Mexico to make them slaves. Americans were invited by Mexicans into their country to farm and make money. In the passage it said, “ Mexican leaders were aware of their near emptiness of their northern lands. One way to increase population was to welcome settlers from the United states. A special effort was made to encourage American farmers to settle in the Mexican province of Texas.” This shows that since Mexicans had just recently gotten their independence and

The U.S was not justified because Mexico was protecting its border and because the expansion of slavery. The War had begun when Zachary

One reason the Mexican War was justified was America’s “Manifest Destiny”. At this time, America was really big into religion and relied on God for what they should do with everything. Their “Manifest Destiny” was to expand westward. They believed that God wanted them to do this, so they did it. The Americans needed a guidance,

A second reason that the Mexican War was not justified was because of the robbery of Mexico. The robbery of Mexico is when the U.S started to forcibly take

One reason the Mexican War was justified was because of manifest destiny. Manifest destiny mean in the 19th century United States was destined to, stretch

The general argument made by Rodolfo Acuña in Legacy of Hate: The Conquest of Mexico’s Northwest is that the Mexican-American War was an exercise in American Imperialism. More specifically, Acuña argues that the Anglos took advantage of Mexico and started the war in order to make a profit. The general argument made by Norman A. Graebner in The Mexican War: A Study In Causation is that the Mexican-American War was not an exercise in American Imperialism. More specifically, Graebner argues that the United States did not want to go to war. Instead, they wanted to Mexico to recognize the annexation of Texas and buy New Mexico and California from them.

Imagine a school yard bully terrorizing a child half his size. This bully was demanding the child’s lunch money despite the fact that he already had enough to buy a lunch. America acted like the bully and Mexico was the small child. The United States of America, fresh off the annexation of Texas were destined to go to war with the rival nation of Mexico. However, America lacked significant reasons to go to war with Mexico. The question many present day historians are asking is “Did the United States have enough reasons to go to war with Mexico?” The answer is no. Due to the fact that Manifest Destiny is wrong, the Undisputed Territory is undisputed, and America had no regard for Mexican law, America was not justified in going to war with Mexico.

“General Zachary Taylor arrived at the Rio Grande” (Velasco-Marquez 327). The General and his troops were at the Rio Grande, which was deep into Mexico. They were practically invading! “In the eyes of the Mexican government, the mobilization of the US army was an outright attack (Velasco-Marquez 327). Since the army was already deep into Mexico, the government of Mexico took it as an attack. The Americans acted like a bandit, stealing from Mexico (Sumner 329). America tried to steal Texas, a huge body of land, from Mexico. The Mexican government had to protect their borders (Velasco-Marquez 327). Using this reasoning the Mexican government was completely justified in attacking the American troops. This evidence shows the US was not justified in going to war because they invaded Mexico.In conclusion the US should not have started a war because they invaded Mexico

The Mexican war was led by the disagreements between America and Mexico.The president at that time was James Knox Polk, who was the 11th president and he believed that God wanted America to take the western part of North America.So James Polk would either buy it or take it.[When James Polk asked if the western part of North America was for sale Mexico said no.Later, when Mexico and America were fighting on where the border was, James Polk sent troops to patrol the Rio Grande river to where he believed was the border between Mexico and America and while they were patrolling Mexican troops killed and injured the troops because the Mexican troops thought they were invading their country.]I believe the U.S. was not justified in going with Mexico.

Did you know that in the Mexican-American War, the US took half of Mexico 's land? After Mexico 's independence from Spain in 1821, the northern lands of Mexico were rarely used. America saw this as an opportunity to expand by seizing Mexico’s northern lands, and took it. They accepted Mexico 's offer to live in Texas, and soon Texas became overrun with Americans. They influenced Texas to go against Mexico, and eventually Texas was won by the US in battle. After that, Mexico and America began having disputes. However, the Mexican-American War officially started when Mexican troops shot American soldiers in the disputed territory. In modern-day, many people take sides about whether it was right or not for America to declare war upon Mexico. In various forms, one of the most controversial questions is, "Did the US have good reasons for starting war with Mexico?". The United States were not justified because they were greedy for land, broke Mexican laws that they agreed to while in Mexico, and created faulty reasons for their actions.

One primary reason the Mexican War was justified was in retaliation for Mexico’s attack on U.S. soldiers. Also, Texas relied heavily on slavery. Mexico was against

I don't think these reasons are reasonable for taking land from Mexico. Also, another reason to wage war on Mexico was that the Mexicans have “passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American