mexican-american war

Title. With a POD after July 1776, have the US have the highest possible percentage of Spanish speakers within it’s borders by the present day. How could this be done? More territory taken from Mexico? Annex Cuba and Panama? Something else? Bonus points: make a majority of the US speak Spanish.

"The work of a soldier is never truly over. That is something I learned in the seventy-nine years I've given to this great nation, in its military, its congress, and its executive branch. I dealt with some of the most arrogant and stubborn men in the world, from my Presidents to my senior and...

OTL Mexico obtained independence in 1821, the government characterized by instability leaving it ill-prepared for a major international conflict when war broke out with the U.S. in 1846 [Wikipedia]. The Mexican-American War of 1846 lead to the loss of Texas, California and New Mexico, thus...

So there are a few videos on the topic (most notable being WhatIfAltHist, but from before he had a good mic), and the gist of it was that during 1847, there was a request from the white, slavery-based landowning elite of the Yucatan, then an independent state to join the USA. OTL, it was turned...

The Great Orator-The Presidency of Daniel Webster President Daniel Webster 1841-1845 The election of William Harrison was initially hailed as a victory for the American Whigs over their Democratic rivals. However, President Harrison died after only a month in office, leaving the executive...

To my (limited) understanding the Abolition question was getting pretty heated before Polk's expansionist policies got both Southerners and Northerners to rally around the flag. If (moderate***) abolitionist and anti-expansionist Henry Clay wins the Presidency, is an early civil war likely...

So, I had an interesting (if short) discussion with my Spanish teacher (who was born and raised in Mexico) today about the Mexican-American War. He basically summed it up as the biggest embarrassment in Mexican history because they lost half of their land... which of course got me thinking about...

(Note: the following is an exploration of how John Tyler could have won the election of 1844, and some of the results of what might have happened afterwards, it is not wholly realistic, and is in fact inspired by a game of President Infinity that I played as Tyler and managed to just barely win...

In September 1847, the Battle for Mexico City was raging. During the attack on Chapultepec Castle, a young American officer was wounded. That officer was Captain Robert E. Lee. What if Lee had been killed instead of just wounded? What impact would it have had?

So, I think nose of us on here know how the Mexican-American War started. Texas had been admitted into the US as a State, after winning a revolution in Mexico only 10 years prior. This was considered an act of war by Mexico, who never recognized the Texan claim to the land. Couple this with the...

The challenge here is to help Mexico maintain her control over SoCal (but not NorCal) after the Mexican-American War. What are the ramifications of a Mexican Los Angeles and San Diego, and a Mexican Tucson/Nogales if Mexican SoCal butterflies away the Gadsen Purchase? Where will the film...

Say that Britain in the 1840s has strategic or economic interests in California and sees it as best for them to prevent a wider, violent conflict between the U.S. and Mexico over the region. Could they possibly act as a mediator over the situation and prevent the Mexican-American War? Could...

I had an odd thought this morning in the shower. I was thinking over the Mexican-American War and how the US gained so much territory from it, and I suddenly wondered “would we have gotten most of it anyway?” What I mean is, the California Gold Rush of 1848 almost certainly would have...

What if most Americans who moved to Mexico decided to move to California instead of Texas with Alta California secedes in 1836 with Texas doing what California did and seceding during the Mexican american war? What would be required for more Americans to move to California instead of Texas...

Henry Clay ran for President three times, and in the last attempt he narrowly lost to James Polk. Clay had expected to face the unpopular Martin Van Buren, but Van Buren made the mistake of making known his opposition to the proposed annexation of Texas. Had Van Buren managed to keep these views...

I was reading through "The Lost Cause: The Confederate Exodus to Mexico" and I saw these quotes regarding Secretary Seward's cautious approach to the situation in Mexico. What if cooler heads do not prevail, and the United States declares war upon the Empire of Mexico in July of 1865? Perhaps...

Try and find a way for Mexico, from the date of independence in 1821 to date of the Mexican-American war in 1846, to win against the USA and become a stronger power than it is today. Try not to do actions that would only make sense in hindsight(like insider trading but for history), but choices...

So in a Timeline where no war breaks out with America, and Mexico, and it keeps all its territories, what would happen to the Gold Rush? Would it be butterflied, would it still happen, if it does, do tons of Mexicans flock over there? And if it does happen, how much money would Mexico get from...

Sam Houston moved to Mexican Texas in 1832, shortly after his scandalous assault of Congressman William Stanbery. The circumstances of his move are unclear: some say he was sent to oversee Texas's transfer to the US (or was scheming to build his own independent country), some believe he traveled...

Self explanatory question. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war with Mexico at an opportunistic time. Any later and the United States might have pushed for greater concessions, which would effectively extended the war into 1848 and beyond. Would the settlers be deterred by going into a...