Question

What did Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott have in common

Answer 1

they both led troops in the american-mexican war.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both were veterans of the War of 1812.

Both led US troops in Mexico.

Both ran for president of the United States as members of the Whig Party

Explanation:

The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. A border skirmish along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.