Mexico-American war is nothing new, with conflict occuring through the ages. Will President Trump add to this list of ...

In the month of May, two key anniversaries that spurred the Civil War into motion occurred between the United States and Mexico over a conflict that centered on Texas. The Mexican-American War became ...

This week on The Bookmark,James Aalan Bernsen, author of The Lost War for Texas: Mexican Rebels, American Burrites, and the Texas Revolution of 1811. We’ll be talking about this overlooked first war ...

United States General Zachary Taylor was victorious over Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in the Battle of Buena Vista on Feb. 23, 1847. Named for a nearby hacienda, the Battle of Buena ...

In the 1840s, California belonged to a weakened Mexican Republic plagued by instability and poor leadership under Santa Anna. The United States, driven by Manifest Destiny, provoked war after annexing ...

He helped shape the future America as a nation without slavery. The U.S. shed the institution nearly a century before Europe and Asia, which were consumed by slavery and genocide as recently as 1945.

The accord that formally ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) radically altered the destinies of both countries. So crushing was the defeat of Mexico that the United States demanded and received ...

Feb. 02 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It provided for Mexico's cession of ...

MEXICO CITY — As President Trump amps-up his “war” rhetoric against the Mexican drug cartels, new questions are arising as to what such an effort might look like. “The cartels are waging war on ...

For a large share of its nearly 250-year history, the United States has been at war. While the history books tend to shed a positive light on the nation’s conflicts, the country has had its share of ...

The history of Los Angeles is complicated, and there’s no better example of this than Olvera Street. Located downtown in the L.A. Plaza Historic District, the popular marketplace is lined with Mexican ...