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Mexican-American War
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American popular prints of the Mexican-American War are of particular interest. This war was the most extensively reported conflict up to the time and it was the first war in which the events of a far distant theater were available to the public at home within a very short time. For the first time, front line war correspondents were on the scene and the recent appearance of the telegraph and steamships meant that their reports were transmitted home almost instantly. The public was ... kept informed on a regular and timely basis in the newspapers of the time and there was a great demand for images to go along with the verbal accounts. This was during the earliest days of photography and before the appearance of illustrated newspapers like Harper's Weekly, so lithography was the only medium which could keep up with the fast breaking news from the front. Thus the only visual images widely available to the reading public as the war developed were popular prints issued by lithographic firms in New York and other east coast cities.
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The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. It is ... called the U.S.-Mexico War. In the U.S. it is also known as the Mexican War; in Mexico it is also known as the U.S. Intervention, the U.S. Invasion of Mexico, the United States War Against Mexico, and the War of Northern Aggression (this last name is more commonly used in the American South to refer to the American Civil War).
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Because of the loss of troops in the Mexican-American War and the rejection of United States of America overtures to Texas, James K. Polk had to review his foreign policy. With the War Hawks demanding resolution to the Oregon Country and the achieving of the Monrovian "Manifest Destiny," Polk was forced to make good on a campaign slogan attributed to him, that of "54-40 or Fight!" After what was portrayed as a war, though mostly a series of border skirmishes, the US negotiated with the British Empire for the full Oregon Territory and successfully purchased the land after guaranteeing the continued rights of ownership for British citizens in the region.
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R[E]member that Mexican-American War (1846-1848) where the U.S. had a thing called "Manifest Destiny?" That meant President James K. Polk believed in the "sea to shining sea" destiny for the U.S.A. and to heck with whoever owned anything in between.
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The Mexican-American War (1846-48) was fought primarily to enable the United States to expand at the expense of Mexico. Texas became the focal point of hostilities between an expansionist United States and a recently independent Mexico. Increasingly dominated by white immigrants from the United States, Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836. This short-lived Texas republic sought U.S. protection against Mexico and possible interference from the British or other European powers.
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During the Mexican-American War, the United States military made its first successful offensive on foreign soil, capturing Mexico City - the enemy capital. Some historians have described this offensive as America's first step toward empire.
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