<span>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.</span>
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If a president vetos a bill it is sent back and can be revised and sent back to the president for further review and if he accepts it then it becomes a law if not then it goes back and gets edited agian and back to the president.
Juan Seguín,Served with Travis at the Alamo but survived because he was sent out as a messenger to warn Sam Houston about the events at the Alamo.
It encouraged the use of rich farmland and contact between cities.