the Mexican War
/ðə ˌmeksɪkən ˈwɔː(r)/
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- a war (1846-48) fought between the US and Mexico. It began after Texas became a state in 1845 and there was a dispute about where the border between Texas and Mexico should be. The war was won by the US forces under General Zachary Taylor, who became President a year later. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, and the US paid Mexico $15 million for land that is now in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Many people in the northern states worried that the victory would increase the number of the states with slaves, and this worry was one of the causes of the Civil War.
墨西哥战争：美国和墨西哥之间的战争（1846-48）。它始于1845年德克萨斯州成为州之后，并且关于德克萨斯州与墨西哥之间的边界应在何处存在争议。这场战争是由扎卡里·泰勒（Zachary Taylor）将军在一年后成为总统的情况下赢得的。《瓜达卢佩·伊达尔戈条约》结束了战争，美国向墨西哥支付了1500万美元，以购买现在在加利福尼亚，亚利桑那州，科罗拉多州，内华达州，新墨西哥州和犹他州的土地。北部各州的许多人担心，胜利会增加有奴隶的州的数量，而这种担忧是内战的原因之一。