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Answer: Who: United States, President James Polk, General Taylor, Col. Kearney, Commodore Stockton and others vs. Mexico, General Santa Anna
What: Dispute about the border, whether or not Texas could be part of the USA, and belief of many US citizens that there was a "manifest destiny" that the country extended all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and include Texas, California, and the territory in between that had been part of Mexico.
When: April 1846 to February 1848
Where: War began at Coahuila, near the Rio Grande River. Included battles at Monterey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, Puebla and other places. Ended at the Battle of Chapultepec in Mexico City. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war.
How: The USA had superior weapons, especially artillery and cannons. The Mexican government was disorganized, not prepared for war. Mexican troops suffered disease, fatigue, and desertion. When the US won, Mexico gave up the disputed territory extending from Texas to California and the USA paid 15 million dollars to Mexico for the territory.
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U.S. Neutrality during World War II The brutality of World War I, the strength of the pacifist and isolationist movements, and the Nye Committee’s inquiry prompted Congress to approve a series of neutrality acts in the 1930s aimed at preventing U.S. intervention abroad.
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D. By having the three different branches selected in three different ways, the founders were mixing different government styles. This allowed "everyone" to feel as if they could influence government.
Answer: bomb, cannon, bulldozer, and breaking a dam releasing a tsunami...
Explanation: the bomb: blowup the castle, the cannon: slowly destroy it with a hurdling pieces of concrete, the bulldozer: knocking it down, and the tsunami: floods the entire castle and breaking down most of it.
