In one battle of this war, Commodore John D. Sloat and the U.S. Pacific Squadron won the Battle of Monterey unopposed, as the enemies had left the city beforehand. One campaign saw a joint attack by forces under Stephen Kearny and John Frémont, leading to the Treaty of Cahuenga. Abraham Lincoln criticized President Polk's handling of the beginning of this war in his "spot resolutions," and it also saw the first use of Ame
In one battle of this war, Commodore John D. Sloat and the U.S. Pacific Squadron won the Battle of Monterey unopposed, as the enemies had left the city beforehand. One campaign saw a joint attack by forces under Stephen Kearny and John Frémont, leading to the Treaty of Cahuenga. Abraham Lincoln criticized President Polk's handling of the beginning of this war in his "spot resolutions," and it also saw the first use of American amphibious warfare during Winfield Scott's siege of Veracruz. For 10 points, name this war ended by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which began as a border dispute following the annexation of Texas.
In one battle of this war, Commodore John D. Sloat and the U.S. Pacific Squadron won the Battle of Monterey unopposed, as the enemies had left the city beforehand.