Gadsden Treaty, 1853–1854 U.S. President Franklin Pierce sent James Gadsden, the

American Indian policy at this time was still focused on removing Indians from their lands and confining them to concentration camps known as reservations...

Title couldn’t said it all.

American Indians didn't recognize the concept of land ownwership. Stop projecting your colonial viewpoint onto them.

Mexico lost over half its territory to the US. Mostly it was just Southerners looking for more land to expand slavery into.

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Lincoln called the Mexican American war "Polk's War", he completely disapproved of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXp1bHd…

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