the Mexican War
/ðə ˌmeksɪkən ˈwɔː(r)/
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- a war (1846-48) fought between the US and Mexico. It began after Texas became a state in 1845 and there was a dispute about where the border between Texas and Mexico should be. The war was won by the US forces under General Zachary Taylor, who became President a year later. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, and the US paid Mexico $15 million for land that is now in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Many people in the northern states worried that the victory would increase the number of the states that practised slavery, and this worry was one of the causes of the Civil War.
美国和墨西哥之间爆发的战争（1846-48）。 1845年得克萨斯州成为一个州后，关于得克萨斯州和墨西哥之间的边界应该在哪里发生了争议。扎卡里·泰勒将军领导下的美军赢得了这场战争，一年后，他就任总统。 《瓜达卢佩·伊达尔戈条约》结束了战争，美国向墨西哥支付了 1500 万美元，购买了现在位于加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州、科罗拉多州、内华达州、新墨西哥州和犹他州的土地。北部各州的许多人担心胜利会增加实行奴隶制的州的数量，这种担心是内战的原因之一。