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Wars the U.S. Was In

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    Mexican American

    1. The U.S. wanted to expand its territory so they went to war with the Mexicans
    2. At that time, only about 75,000 Mexican citizens lived north of the Rio Grande
    3. Nonetheless, annexation procedures were quickly initiated after the 1844 election of Polk, who campaigned that Texas should be “re-annexed” and that the Oregon Territory should be “re-occupied.”
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    Civil War

    1. the Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery
    2. In the mid-19th century, while the United States was experiencing an era of tremendous growth, a fundamental economic difference existed between the country’s northern and southern regions.
    3. The confederates (North) ended up the victor after four bloody years
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    WW l

    1. known as the 'The war to end all words'
    2. The U.S. joined the war in 1917
    3. Hitler was a soldier in WW l
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    World War ll

    1. The U.S. entered the war in 1941 after pearl harbor
    2. Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany
    3. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler’s diabolical
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    Vietnam War

    1. The U.S. joined the war in 1965
    2. The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam
    3. The United States entered the war to prevent the spread of communism