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.
Anaconda PlanAbraham Lincoln was the 16th American President who served in office from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. The key event during his presidency was the American Civil War and this article provides details of the famous Anaconda Plan designed for the Union by General Winfield Scott, the conqueror of Mexico.