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title: "What was the impact of the Gulf War?"  
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# What was the impact of the Gulf War?

What was the [impact](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44109/the-importance-of-b2b-marketers-and-their-impact-on-the-company) of the [Gulf War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101618/what-occurred-during-the-gulf-war-1990-1991)?

## Answers

### Answer by AMANDEEP SINGH

The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) denoted the principal U.S. outfitted clash primarily battled on outside soil. It set a politically partitioned and militarily ill-equipped Mexico against the expansionist-disapproved of organization of U.S. **President James K. Polk, who trusted the United States had a "show predetermination" to spread over the mainland to the Pacific Ocean.**

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An outskirt encounter along the Rio Grande began off the battling and was trailed by a progression of U.S. triumphs. At the point when the residue cleared, Mexico had lost around 33% of its domain, including almost all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. \

**Reasons for the Mexican-American War** \
Texas picked up its freedom from Mexico in 1836. At first, the United States declined to join it into the association, to a great extent since northern political interests were against the expansion of another slave state. **The Mexican government was likewise promising outskirt attacks and cautioning that any endeavor at extension would prompt war.** \

In any case, addition systems were immediately started after the 1844 race of Polk, who crusaded that Texas ought to be "re-added" and that the Oregon Territory ought to be "re-possessed." **Polk additionally had his eyes on California, New Mexico and whatever remains of what is today the U.S. Southwest.**

At the point when his offer to buy those grounds was rejected, he induced a battle by moving troops into a questioned zone between the Rio Grande and Nueces River that the two nations had already perceived as a feature of the Mexican province of Coahuila. \


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