Mexican American War (jan 12, 1845 – feb 3, 1848)
Description:
Conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico. The war began after Texas was admitted, as Mexico felt it was still their territory.One large cause for the war was that southern states wanted to admit another slave state.
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Date:
jan 12, 1845
feb 3, 1848
~ 3 years