A Wicked War? The U.S.-Mexico Conflict of 1846-48
| Dates: | January 29, 2026 |
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| Meets: | Thursday, January 29, 2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon |
| Location: | Online Course |
| Cost: | $20.00 |
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Our mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific Ocean. This study group will examine the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest Destiny. Also studied will be key figures such as Presidents Jackson, Tyler, and especially James K. Polk, as well as Congressman Abraham Lincoln, and lesser known figures such as Nicholas Trist. Was it a wicked war? A very young officer in the war, U. S. Grant, thought so.
| Fee: | $20.00 |
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Online Course
Joe Belden
Joe Belden is a Washington, DC- based writer and lecturer. He lives in Mexico part-time and has taught courses and lectured at American University's OLLI program, the Biblioteca Publica and Allende Institute in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and other venues. Recent courses have included "Manifest Destiny in US History" and "The US-Mexican War." From 1989-2015 he was Deputy Executive Director of the Housing Assistance Council, a Wash., DC, national nonprofit. He also worked at USDA, on Capitol Hill, and for several DC-based think tanks. A graduate of the University of Texas-Austin and the Baylor University Law School, Belden is the principal author of Housing in Rural America: Building Affordable and Inclusive Communities (Sage 1998) and Dirt Rich, Dirt Poor: America's Food and Farm Crisis (Routledge 1986; 2nd ed., 2019).powered by ACEweb from ACEware Systems, Inc.