Why did the US go to war with Mexico

On May 12, 1846, the United States Senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico.

Explanation:

President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande. But Mexico claimed this land as its own territory and accused the American military of having invaded.

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