When returning from this country, a general wrote that "we are sneaking home under cover, like a whipped cur with its tail between its legs.
This country captured Seth Thornton in the "Thornton Affair." A record fifty-six Medals of Honor, including one to an embarrassed Smedley Butler, were awarded after a military action here. When returning from this country, a general wrote that "we are sneaking home under cover, like a whipped cur with its tail between its legs." Nicholas (*) Trist was fired after negotiating a treaty with this country, and a conflict with it was the subject of the "Spot Resolutions" introduced by Abraham Lincoln. John Pershing led an unsuccessful 1916 expedition into it. Germany sent the Zimmermann Telegram to this country, which sold land in the Gadsden Purchase. For 10 points, name this country which the United States acquired California from in an 1840's war.
This country captured Seth Thornton in the "Thornton Affair.
Mexico [or United Mexican States]