Mexican-American War
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- noun
- /ˈmɛksɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən wɔr/
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Guerra Mexicano-Americana
- The Mexican-American War, which lasted from 1846 to 1848, resulted in the United States acquiring territories that would become California and Texas.
- the Mexican-American War in 1846
Examples
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Many historians consider the Mexican-American War a significant event in U.S. history due to its impact on territorial expansion.
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Students also read and discussed content information about the Mexican-American War.
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Last, these words are central for understanding the causes of the Mexican-American War, which is the focus of the passage.
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The next day, students in both classes were given a paper-and-pencil test on the content material covered in the lessons on the Mexican-American War.
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There are more armed government agents on the border than there have been since the Mexican-American War in 1846, and possibly more than that.
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The increased tension between the United States and Mexico culminated in the Mexican-American War in 1846.
Academic text (1990) -
Students also gathered information about the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) from American and Mexican viewpoints.
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Passages from the history textbook were modified to ensure cause-and-effect discourse markers were included within the passage, which focused on the Texas Revolution and Mexican American War.
Academic text (2015) -
Interpreted as the "lost territories" that Mexico had surrendered to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican-American War, to Chicano activists, Aztlan represented the symbolic territorial base of the Chicano people.
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Textbooks often explore the causes and consequences of the Mexican-American War to help students understand its role in shaping modern America.
Synonyms
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A war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that gave the United States new lands
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mexican-American + war
The compound is fully compositional: 'Mexican-American' signals relation to Mexico and the United States and 'war' means an armed conflict, so a learner who knows these constituents will infer it denotes a war between Mexico and the U.S. While specific historical dates or outcomes are not derivable from the phrase alone, the basic referent is directly understandable and follows common cross-linguistic adjective+noun naming patterns.
Etymology
Mexican-American War simply names the two countries that fought: Mexico and the United States. It refers to the war from 1846 to 1848 that left the U.S. with much of the modern American Southwest.