To begin with, the League of Nations did have good intentions to begin with and to say that it was a complete failure would be egoistic in nature. The League had reduced much pain and sorrow after the events of World War I.
The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845â1848. During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date.
On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress voted in favor of President James Polkâs request to declare war on Mexico ina dispute over Texas. Under the threat of war, theUnited Stateshad refrained from annexing Texas afterthe latterwon independence from Mexico in 1836.