Analysis of The Mexican Civil War

Prior to independence, the Mexican Civil War brought many Mexicans into hearding

their livestock across the Rio Grande. This trip was intended to ease profit making as

American troops were desperate for meats such as raw beef and crops such as corn. This plan

would bring a different style of outlaw intuition (Carnes 79). As a result, by 1870 most

border region cities were occupied by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans (Matthews 61).

However, freedom was cut short when Anglos were the rulers of most of these cities. They

received prejudice from the small populations of white in the cities and were restricted from

many rights established for the community (Matthews 59). Mexicans were taken off their

lands and properties just like the Native Americans previously were. The lands were taken up

by businesses and rich, powerful families such as the King family, which ended being a

500,000 acre steal story (Matthews 60). By the end of the 19th,

U.S. military deployment, the U.S. Military’s main task for these cultural alternations was to

remove the French from Mexico lands, stopping Indian tribe raids, and trying to persuade the

Mexican government to interact with the border disputes (Matthews 53).

As the turn to the 20th

hatchet toward Mexicans and the Tejano groups living on American soil. Preceding Mexican

raids, Texans and various Americans put an end to Indian raids under General McKenzie’s

command. These raids interacted with groups such as the Apache and Kickapoo which whom

raided border settlements along the Rio Grande. Uncoincidentely, Anglos praised

McKenzie’s actions, while most Mexicans felt it was an invasion on Indian cultures

(Matthews 50/51). The Kick...

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...relations. Japan and Mexico got along well because their races

were alike. Mexico and Germany had relations because of strong Catholic faith, but also

because of their governments were similar in structure (New York Times 2).

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