It Begins
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American troops under Taylor sent into disputed territory between Rio Grande and Nueces River were attacked by Mexican forces
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Polk claimed Mexico was the instigator
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Congress voted overwhelmingly for war
Mexico: Advantages
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fighting on their own soil
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larger, momr experianced army
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hope of foreign aid
Taylor and Scott
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Taylor's army won victories at Monterrey and at Buena Vista, occuping a lot of Northern Mexico
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Winfirld Scott's tookVeracruz after a seige
Reasons for War
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Mexico is a republic so don't deserve land
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We're above them b/c we're a democracy
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Manifest Destiny
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If we win, we become bigger and stronger and no one messes with us
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Mexico is better off with liberty
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More territory for slavery
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More harbors to go to Asia
Reasons Against War
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slavery shouldn't spread
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immoral war b/c we started it
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Don't want Mexican in our country
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Latin America will see us as bullies
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we have no right to infringe upon them
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"Civil Disobediance" by Thoreau, Lincoln's Spot Resolution, The Wilmont Proviso (never ratified)