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Pancho Villa 1916-1917 Pancho Villa Punitive Expedition TJ K. & Givi G. of Belligerents || Insert Photo of Key Event ||
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Tasks I: Explain the nature and scope of the conflict.-- Due Friday, November 18th

Pancho Villa, was not necessarily a war, but was an attempt by the United States' forces to stop terrorist attacks against innocent American citizens around about 1916 to 1917. "In 1909 Villa joined Francisco Madero's successful revolution against the dictator Porfirio Díaz. He was condemned to death in 1912 by his commanding officer, General Victoriano Huerta, but Madero had him imprisoned instead and Villa escaped."(Britannica). The Mexican government put Villa in jail after him crimes in Mexico, he escaped and fled to the United States. After the former governor was killed and became a strict general for Mexico." U.S. general John J. Pershing was unsuccessful when he was sent to the area to capture Villa . Villa kept up his unlawful acts while Carranza was in power" (Britannica). The U.S. general led a 9 month wild goose chase after the infamous Mexican General. After the race was called off and Villa retired for a while, he attempted to come back into Mexican politics, and was later assassinated.

. || Task II: Analyze the U.S.’s involvement in the conflict.- Due Tuesday, November 22nd The Punitive Expedition was a punitive war according to Max Boot’s definition “to punish attacks on American citizens or property” (Boot //xv-xvi//) Pancho had lead an attack on the border town in Texas called Columbus that killed 18 civilians and soldiers and wounded nine, they also set fire to the hotel and grocery store. On Pancho’s side 100 killed and 30 captured or one third of Pancho’s command. The two big decision makers in the war war General John J. Pershing and President Wilson. Wilson was reluctant to go into Mexico because of the German threat in Europe, but public opinions swayed him into putting Pershing in charge of an expedition into Mexico that “will be regarded as finished as soon as Villa’s band or bands are known to be broken up” (Boot 190). To prevent war Wilson used the old Mexican-U.S. treaty of hot pursuit. For Pershing it was a matter of completing his mission without sparking war with Mexico. On June 21, Captain Charles of the 10th Cavalry almost sparked war with Mexico when he engaged Mexican troops near the town of Carrizal. The battle was a disaster for the U.S. army and would be the last battle fought by the Punitive Expedition. For many this was the final straw, generals on both sides were ready to lead attacks and the public was enraged, but Wilson and Mexico’s First Chief Carranza kept calm about the situation and prevented future conflict. The Punitive Expedition best fits the goals of the Roosevelt doctrine. It showed that the U.S. could flex its military muscles. For the army the punitive expedition was testing ground for WWI. It caused the army to modernize from its self and lets it “warm up” for WWI.
 * < Villa, Pancho. //eLibrary// . Pro Quesr, 1 Dec. 2003. Web. 11 Nov. 2011.

Boot, Max. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. New York: Basic, 2002. Print.

TASK III: How did United States' Public view this conflict? Due Tuesday, Noevmber 29th The conflict was a contreversy because after Villa broke out his border attack on the city of Columbus in New Mexico, Americans felt intruded and like some action should be taken on this non-citizen, the also thought this wouldn't be just one attack, but a long strand of multiple attacks." Villa and his band of 500 to 1,000 men raided Columbus, New Mexico. Elements of the 13th Cavalry repulsed the attack, but there were 24 American casualties (14 military, 10 civilian). Immediate steps were taken to organize a punitive expedition of about 10,000 men under Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing to capture Villa." ( U.S. ACMH). After General Pershing failed to capture him, and his group of men went back home, they claimed the expedition to find him a success, yet his men felt otherwise he wrote a letter to his family explaining: "//when the true history is written, it will not be a very inspiring chapter for school children, or even grownups to contemplate. Having dashed into Mexico with the intention of eating the Mexicans raw, we turned back at the first repulse and are now sneaking home under cover, like a whipped curr with its tail between its legs.//" (Pershing). On the outside it seemed as thought like the public was upset about the expedition, yet after his assassination years later were fine. The public did not have a giant opinion in this small war, yet seemed just fine years later so the public's eye was not important.

N.p., 22 Nov. 2011. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. . || "Punitive Expedition" //The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military//. Berkley Books, 2001. //Oxford Reference Online//. Oxford University Press. Infohio - NOACSC. 29 November 2011 
 * < "U.S. Army Campaigns: Mexican Expedition." //U.S. Army Center Of Military History//.

Draw your information from a minimum of **three** LC e-books and databases--at least **one** primary source and **one** expert opinion. Organize your response in one or two extended power paragraphs. In an appositive phrase, establish the credibility of the source the first time you reference it. Internally cite sources and place the works cited at below the last paragraph for Task III.

Task IV: Did the U.S. achieve its goals? -- Due Friday, December 2nd •How did the conflict end and how was success measured? •How did the outcome affect the U.S. standing with the American public, its allies, belligerents, and enemies? •Were the U.S. decision makers and military leaders praised or vilified?

Draw your information from a minimum of **three** LC e-books and databases--at least **one** primary source and **two** expert opinions. Organize your response in one or two extended power paragraphs. In an appositive phrase, establish the credibility of the source the first time you reference it. Internally cite sources and place the works cited at below the last paragraph for Task III.

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