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The '''Mexican War''' was a war between [[America]] and [[Mexico]] in the 1840s. It included the famous battle of the [[Alamo]], in which [[Davy Crockett]] and many other men were killed during the fighting. The Mexican commander was the famously inept [[Santa Anna]].

The '''Mexican–American War''', usually known in the United States as '''The Mexican War''' and in Mexico as '''''la intervención norteamericana''''' (the North American Intervention) or '''''la guerra del 47''''' (the War of '47), was a military conflict fought between the [[United States|United States]] and [[Mexico]] from 1846 to 1848, in the wake of the 1845 U.S. [[Texas Annexation|annexation]] of [[Texas]].  

[[Zachary Taylor]] and [[Winifred Scott]] were the generals in the Mexican War. It was ended by the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] in 1847. [[Mexico]] gave up the Southwest as compensation to the U.S. for the cost of the war.

In the United States, the war was a partisan issue, supported by most Democrats and opposed by most Whigs, with popular belief in the Manifest Destiny of the United States ultimately translating into public support for the war. In Mexico, the war was considered a matter of national pride.

 

The most important consequence of the war was the Mexican Cession, in which the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico were ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In Mexico, the enormous loss of territory which resulted from the war encouraged the central government to enact policies to colonize its northern territories as a hedge against further losses.

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