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.
Benito JuÃ¡rez, in full Benito Pablo JuÃ¡rez GarcÃ­a (born March 21, 1806, San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexicoâdied July 18, 1872, Mexico City), national hero and president of Mexico (1861â72), who for three years (1864â67) fought against foreign occupation under the emperor Maximilian and who sought constitutional reforms to create a democratic federal ...