Texas is officially annexed in the mid 1840s during the administration of James Polk. Many historians believe that Polk then engineers a border dispute with Mexico to gain western territory the country had been attempting to purchase for years. When Americans troops are killed in a border clash with Mexican soldiers, Polk declares war. Although Abraham Lincoln and the Whigs voice their opposition with the Spot Resolution, demanding to know just where the killings took place, Congress overwhelmingly approves the war resolution.

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annexation of Texas, James Polk, border dispute with Mexico, American casualties, declaration of war, Abraham Lincoln, Whigs, Spot Resolution, Mexican War, U. S. Expansion in the Mid-19th Century

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