I know that some alternate history writers say that at some point in time the US was going to annex Mexico due to manifest destiny. Could this have actually ever happened?
I know that some alternate history writers say that at some point in time the US was going to annex Mexico due to manifest destiny. Could this have actually ever happened?
No, too many brown people to effectively assimilate. Since it'd be very unlikely that the Mexican states would join as slave states (slavery had been abolished since independence), neither North nor South would support their entry.
Polk wanted the whole thing; he was afraid he couldn't get that through the Senate. It pretty much needs to be taken care of before he leaves office, as his successor will almost certainly not be interested in all of Mexico - so you probably need to speed up the war a bit, to give a little more time for Senate arm-twisting at the close of '48.
The funny irony is that Nowadays most republicans and those in power are CatholicsIt wasn't the skin color that was the real sticking point. Whole damned place was crawling with Catholics.![]()
It wasn't the skin color that was the real sticking point. Whole damned place was crawling with Catholics.![]()