Monday, February 14, 2011

Chapter 12 Section 3 Closer

Was the U.S. justified in declaring war against Mexico? Why or why not?

76 comments:

Dami Okunoye said...

I don't think so because they didn't do anything wrong.

deion moss said...

no due to polk's conspiracy and america's greed for land(manifest destiny)

khaalid said...

I say no because the U.S. just wanna more land to own and it was Mexico's land.

malikah said...

no, because mexico is a hole diffrent new contry.

Mike said...

Yes because they thought that it should be theres but mexico owned it.

Dantreece M said...

Yes the U.S was justified in declaring war against Mexico because the relations between the two countries worsened. The U.S freed Texas as an independent state and Mexico had no clue that they were free which worsened the relations between the U.S and Mexico and the U.S insisted that they should form the Rio Grande border over Mexico

ricky hardiman said...

Yes because the American won over many battles and they refused to sell californa and new Mexico

ricky hardiman said...

Yes because the American won over many battles and they refused to sell californa and new Mexico

Jazmen Taylor said...

Yes because President James K. Polk was determined to get the California and New Mexico territories from Mexico. Whitch led into a war.

Kaitlynn said...

No because not part of the war

braydon west said...

yes because that's land we want and we need

CourtneyMahan said...

Yes the u.s justified in declaring war for Mexico and Texas because the Americans kept trying to take over the area. The Spanish tried to keep them away but that did not help

Breana N. Murray said...

They Can Be Justified In Declaring War Because The Mexican Government Put Terrifs(Taxes) On U.S Goods !

mariahsalyers said...

The U.S. was justified in declaring war against Mexico because they offered them alot of money and paying off their debt in turn for New Mexico and California and they just refused to discuss it.

breanna ragin said...

No ,did the u.s justified in declaring war against mexico because they did want to fight the mexico and at the end they was a team and they traded also .

Jordan said...

The u.s was not justified in declaring war with mexico because the u.s didn't have proper justification to respond with the violence against the Mexican government.

melvin said...

the u.s was not declared to go to war with mexico cuzzz they had army and we couldnt get it and they call it of

kevin Smith said...

Yes. The U.S. felt that the Texans deserved independence, so they helped them, like France helped us gain independence

Cunningham, William said...

Yes because the U.S felt that the texans should get independance.

james dean said...

The U.S war was not justified against Mexico. the wernt because of the money they did not have money to start the war

shawntaze said...

yes they have a little control over the distant province

megan horne said...

i think they were because the mexicans attacked first.

kyra (: said...

yes because they were determined to get california and new mexico territories from mexico.

matt paluga said...

Yes it was justified because they had no reason to tax us on every thing that we bring to texas

matt paluga said...

yes because it could make us a stronger natshion with that land

Smith , Kaylyn (: said...

Yes , Because They Were Fighting For Their Territory .

jessica meguire said...

no because we didnt want to go into dept and they also werent ready for another state because of the union between the southern and northern states from fighting over if it would a slave or slave free state

samantha.schon said...

They were justified in declaring war against Mexico because ; you can declare war with however you want with whatever reasons.

AStamper(: said...

Half was justiied in declaring and half was not. Some wanted to expand the US. Others thought that it would make more slave states.

Rodney Scott said...

Because mexico always started with us first like planting terrifs on us so we cant migrate west.

singletonj said...

The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico the United States did not have proper order to respond with violence against the Mexican government.

keleigh lape said...

i guess they could if they wanted to. but i dont know

dayna wickersham said...

yes because they wanted texas for the the us.

PaigeMckenzie(: said...

I dont think it was Justified. I mean I kinda thing that the US was just being greedy. Mexico just had a war and they wanna swoop in and have another one. And on top of that, they didnt need to go to war. They should of just left it alone. Everything was fine. They wasted million upon millions of dollars and their time and to top it all off they sent their men to the death to fight for something that was better off being left alone.

brandon schon said...

Yes because they were fighting for Texas so that they could become apart of the U.S and for there right to be free.

Kyle Dunn said...

no because they wanted to be friends with everyone

thai mccowan said...

I dont think so because they lost alot of good men for nonthing real and yea they addid texas to the us but they didnt need to

deairrez said...

no the united states was not justified in declaring war because they was on Mexican territory when the Americans where attacked.

Unknown said...

They were but they were not.....it goes like this the Americans wanted more land and i can understand this but they didn't need to take it by force they needed to figure out a peaceful solution not the way they did it.

Unknown said...

Yes they were justified declaring war against them because they felt like they had enough of the Mexicans trying to take over their land.

melvin said...

i think that the u.s wanted to go to war because the mexican didn't give u.s mexico or califorina s polk want to go to war

Courtney Marie.(: said...

Yes they were declaring war with mexico because they wanted California but they couldnt get ti so they wanted to go to war.!

Emani.Thompson (: said...

Yes because they wanted more land and was confident in winning many battles.

Thao Nguyen said...

Yes, because President James K. Polk wanted to get California and New Mexico territories. And because of that , this all led into war .

$jah'michael$ said...

No because Mexico did nothing that was worth starting a war it was just
polk's greed.

croberson said...

yess they was justified too because they had enough of the mexicans tring to take over there land.

Kaleb Brown said...

i think yes because we want more land

andre rowland said...

i thick they were not justified for war because they were not justified for no outher

megan horne said...

yes it was justified because we got the u.s. got their wanted land and made peace with mexico.

demetrius said...

no beacause the us just wanted more land an mexico was not going to let them take it

- Carrie Lindsay ! said...

Yesss Because President James Polk was Goinq To Get The California [&)New Mexico Places from Mexico. Whitch Made A War !

gavin said...

i think we were justified not because we wanted the land but because they were intending to reclaim Texas for Mexico, so we sent troops to make a fort. The Mexicans then attacked us.

ianromero said...

yeah they mexican what did they do to make us go to war

julian daniels said...

I think that the reason for the U.S going to war with mexico was bad because the united states of america shouldn't try to bully somebody just because they don't want to sell something to them. But also the U.S thought that california and new mexico was there's so they probably thought they should fight for it so that's probably a good reason for going to war

morgan baldwin said...

yes because president james polk was threating to get cali so that caused war.

payton brown said...

the united stats was justified in declaring war against mexico because the relations between the two was bad and when the united states freed texas it worsened the relations even more between the two

kierstinbin said...

I think the U.S was justified. Mexico put tariffs on all goods imported from the U.S. Mexico stopped U.S. immigration.

william s. said...

yes . cause mexico put tarifs on all U.S imported goods.mexico stopped allowing U S citizens to come to texas.

brian bishop said...

yes because they were takeing over us soil

dylan tritt said...

Yes because mexico never ratified a treaty.

dominick.s said...

Yes because they wanted more land and was confident in winning many battles.

Samantha Kerr said...

No because they didnt do any thing besides stay to their self and didnt cuse any problems.

Bergquist,Justin said...

I think the U.S. was justified in declaring war. I think this because the us had a legitament reson. The Mexican government had put unlawful taxes on american goods and people.

DCarterJr . ! said...

I Say Yes , Because They Considered Mexico Apart Of The U.S So They Thouqht They Should Own It , But They Wouldnt Sell It To Them . Now It WAR !!!

Kdawson said...

Yes the u.s justified in declaring war for Mexico and Texas because the Americans kept trying to take over the area. The Spanish tried to keep them away but that did not help

Aubrey pryor said...

I say yes because they have a lot of land and. Mexico put tarried on the goods

Robin Pearl said...

YES IT WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED MORE

TikquaMarie said...

No ; Because They Didn't Bother Them .

Kyren said...

No because Mexico didn't accept president polks offer and the should of left it at that

Ems said...

Yes because Mexico is apart oh the United States.

Shane hart said...

I believe that the u.s. Was justified in declaring war because they wanted the land and we had a expanding nation, Mexico was trying to keep us from having the land and they put tariffs on goods

Scott said...

no because mexico allredy owned the land

WoOlLy AwEsOmEnEsS!!!!! XD said...

The U.S wasn't justified in declaring war on mexico. President Polk was greedy and wanted all the land that he could get to expand America.

AdrianaJ(: said...

No, I don't think they were justified in declaring war because they just wanted more land than they already had.

suzie :) said...

no because they had there own land y do they need some of the united states

P. Raines said...

I dont think it is justified because Mexico just had a war and why would they want to start another one !!!