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U.S. Army truck convoy in Mexico, 1916. The Transcontinental Motor Convoys were early 20th century vehicle convoys, including three US Army truck trains, that crossed the United States (one was coast-to-coast) to the west coast. The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco used the incomplete Lincoln Highway.
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The Mexican–American War was the first U.S. war that was covered by mass media, primarily the penny press, and was the first foreign war covered primarily by U.S. correspondents. [113] Press coverage in the United States was characterized by support for the war and widespread public interest and demand for coverage of the conflict.
The Mexican Border War, [15] also known as the Border Campaign, [16] refers to a series of military engagements which took place between the United States military and several Mexican factions in the Mexican–American border region of North America during the Mexican Revolution. It was the last major conflict fought on U.S. soil.
The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign of the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then a part of Mexico.
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The Spanish convoy of 1750: heaven's hammer and international diplomacy (Univ Press of Florida, 2009) Syrett, David. "The Organization Of British Trade Convoys during the American War, 1775–1783." The Mariner's Mirror (1976) 62#2 pp: 169–181. abstract; Thompson, F. J. "The Merchant Ship in Convoy." The RUSI Journal 79.513 (1934): 69–86.
Mexico–United States relations had been strained by the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). The expansionist policies of US President James K. Polk, combined with the Mexican government's desire to retain control of Texas and Upper California, led to the outbreak of military conflict between the United States and Mexico in 1846. [13]