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During this period, many Americans were eager for expansion and believed that diplomatic efforts would be unsuccessful in achieving it; thus they decided upon a military solution instead. The U.S., under President Polk’s orders, had started the conflict with hopes of annexing all or parts of California and New Mexico while also granting Texas its independence from Mexico as part of an overall strategy towards westward expansionism before the Civil War even began.
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