US MEXICAN WAR (1846-1848)

US expansion

map shows campaign of US army on Mexico -> finally conquering capital city

map shows pre-war and post-war US territory

 picture shows American flaq over the fortress controlling capital of Mexico - Mexico city

 Mexican general - Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna -> who let the Mexican army

US president - James K. Polk (president 1845-1849)

Zachary Taylor - general in the initial stages of the war & later an US president (1849-death in 1850)

Winfield Scott - a second general winning in Veracruz & Puebla & Mexico city