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Popular
images of the Mexican War captured a national sense of "Manifest Destiny"
to control the continent. The results, however, divided the nation
along sectional lines as northerners and southerners argued over the
extension of slavery into the newly acquired territories. To read a first-hand description of a soldier's life during the Mexican War, read Wellington Burnett's letter from Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1848.. |
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The
Landing of the American Forces
Under Gen. Scott of Vera Cruz, March 19th, 1847, lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, 1847 Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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