Victory in the Mexican-American war in the late 1840s led to the first big influx of Mexicans to the United States.

19世纪40年代晚期，美国打败墨西哥，促使大批墨西哥人涌入美国。这在美国历史上是首次。

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An infantryman on the Unionist side in the American civil war (1861-65) was, on his reckoning, five times as good at hitting his foe as his Mexican, British or Continental European counterpart.

他认为在美国内战中(1861年—1865年)，联合派中的一名美国步兵的射击水平要比墨西哥、英国或是欧陆国家的步兵高出5倍。

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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American war in eighteen forty-eight.

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Consider the country's national anthem, written after the 1840s Mexican-American War in which Mexico lost half its territory.

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Victory in the Mexican-American war in the late 1840s led to the first big influx of Mexicans to the United States.

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