History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1054 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Punitive Expedition
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The idea
Wilson sent General John Pershing with more than eleven thousand troops to capture Villa, and Pershing marched three hundred miles into Mexico.
In practice
Carranza demanding the withdrawal of American troops from Mexican soil.
Where people slip
The troops left in nineteen seventeen without Villa. The Yawp says the army gained valuable training and experience in Mexico.
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