[E Rocc]

We must remember that this southwestern part of "our" country - California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and part of Colorado - used to be another country - Mexico. We went to war with Mexico, and as a result of the signing of the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, we moved the border of Mexico to the Rio Grande, thus taking about 1/2 of their country for our own. We "won" it.

This is what happens when we don't teach history (or worse, teach the PC variant).

We paid for the land in question. We paid a total of $18 million dollars for the "Mexican Cession", $15 million directly to the government of Mexico and an additional $3 million of debt to American citizens was assumed. In addition, we paid $10 million for the "Gadsden Purchase", a small chunk of land that is now in southern Arizona and New Mexico. We overpaid for Gadsden because some felt that we had underpaid for the Cession...even though we paid even less for the Louisiana Purchase.

Oh yeah, we also did them the courtesy of giving back their national capital that we had captured in a war.

-Eric

[Travis McGee]

This is what happens when we don't teach history (or worse, teach the PC variant).

Sad but true.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

I hope you wrote to her!! If not.. I really hope you will take the time to point out those facts in an e-mail!! If she writes anything back, I will post it in this thread.

I love her.. but I'm appalled that she is teaching our High School kids with this kind of liberal mindset.

[PJ-Comix]

The Southwest USA when part of Mexico was very poorly administered. Actually, California was practically a nation of its own. As for Mexico, it was subject to the dictatorial whims of the likes of Santa Anna. Even many/most Mexicans living in the Southwest couldn't stand the Mexican government.