Mexican-American War: Media
Mexico-United States [1846–1848]
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Learn how the Mexican-American War ultimately pushed the United States closer to...
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Learn more about Abraham Lincoln's Spot Resolutions during the Mexican-American War.
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Begun when the United States annexed Texas, the Mexican-American War ended with the...
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Learn more about Manifest Destiny.
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The Mexican-American War stemmed largely from the desire of the United States to...
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Proclamation by President James Polk printed in a leaflet declaring the United States...
Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 198, Folder 4—Rare Book and Special Collections/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (rbpe 19800400)
U.S. Pres. James K. Polk, c. 1846.
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Soldier's Adieu, an 1847 lithograph depicting public enthusiasm for the...
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Daguerreotype of Congressman-elect Abraham Lincoln, c. 1846–47. This is the earliest-known...
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Battle of Buena Vista, lithograph, 1848.
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U.S. troops bombarding Veracruz during the Mexican-American War, illustration by...
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Landing of U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott at Veracruz, Mexico, on March 9,...
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Attack on the Castle Chapultepec, print by Nathaniel Currier, 1848.
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The U.S. Army, commanded by General Zachary Taylor, encamped in Mexican territory...
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Political cartoon from 1846 depicting U.S. Pres. James K. Polk (right) looking on...
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Antonio López de Santa Anna.
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Franklin Pierce during the Mexican-American War, steel engraving by W.L. Ormsby,...
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Portrait of Zachary Taylor in uniform as commander of the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American...
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The Mexican-American War.
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These maps show the territory of Mexico lost to the United States in the Mexican-American...
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David Wilmot, U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania, was the author of the Wilmot Proviso.
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Antonio López de Santa Anna was an army officer and major political figure in Mexico...
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U.S. General Zachary Taylor commands his troops in the Battle of Buena Vista, during...
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