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.
Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena VistaLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.When war broke out, former Mexican president and general Antonio LÃ³pez de Santa Anna (the vanquisher of the Texan forces at the Alamo in 1836) contacted Polk.