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…showed last 75 words of 1349 total…ght of Mexican territories as future American possessions. Examples of expansionist thought show through in the actions of our government leading up to the war. The war was waged on a weak, defenseless people who were at a clear disadvantage to the United States in economy, population, and military power. In short, The Mexican-American war was a premeditated act of aggression on the part of the U.S. government, perpetrated upon a weak, defenseless people.