In 1848, the United States gobbled up California and what is now the Southwest f

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• skibum609

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  5 years ago

  By not mentioning the Gadsden purchase you proved your stupidity.
• Spillthebeans

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  5 years ago

  So really the American Indians had land taken from them and were placed in concentration camps. Who is screaming for reparations for this group of people that were the original land owners ?
• mark94

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  5 years ago

  Reservations were immoral but they were not concentration camps. When anyone you disagree with is called a Nazi, you downplay the true evil represented by that term and disrespect their victims.
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  ^ I couldn’t have said it better
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Californios fought valiantly to remain independent. They did not want to be part of the United States, with its slavery system. We have local monuments.
  
  SJG
• TJ Lee

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  5 years ago

  Btw, Lincoln also helped "free" Mexico and gained their independence. They do have his statue in many cities.
• san_jose_guy

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  5 years ago

  Lincoln called the Mexican American war "Polk's War", he completely disapproved of it.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXp1bHd…
  
  SJG