<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: I - U.S. yashintsha inkambo yempi ngokuhlasela kwayo enkabeni yeMexico ngeVeracruz futhi ekugcineni yathatha iDolobha laseMexico, ngemva kokulwa kanzima. Ngo-March 1847, uScott wafika eVeracruz, futhi ngokushesha  <response>: wathola amandla okulawula idolobha. AbaseMexico babelindele ukuthi umkhuhlane ophuzi nezinye izifo zasezindaweni ezishisayo kwakuyowenza buthaka amabutho ase-U.S. Ngemva kokuthumba iVeracruz, uPolk wathumela uNicholas Trist, isikhulu sikaBuchanan, ukuba ahambe nebutho likaScott ayoxoxisana nabaholi baseMexico ngesivumelwano sokuthula. UTrist watshelwa ukuba afune ukunikezwa kwe-Alta California, New Mexico, neBaja California, ukuqashelwa kweRio Grande njengomngcele oseningizimu yeTexas, kanye nokufinyelela kwe-US ngaphesheya kwe-Isthmus yaseTehuantepec. UTrist wagunyazwa ukuba akhokhe imali efinyelela ezigidini ezingu - 30 ukuze athole lezi zindawo. 