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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It was the worst American defeat in the field and left the British in temporary control of the southern colonies. While enhancing the reputation of Cornwallis, the battle ruined the career of Gates, who was replaced. The victory opened the way to a subsequent British invasion of North Carolina.
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Booker T Washington
Explanation:
Booker T Washington was the person who started the tuskegee normal and industrial institute in alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming.
Booker T Washington born April 5, 1856-November 14,1915) was a African-American, educator, author, orator, leader in the African American community, a foremost black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Born into slavery, Booker put himself through school and became a teacher after the civil war.He crusaded for educational opportunities for African Americans,because of his passion for the minorities he started the Tuskegee normal and industrial institute in Alabama where black children could learn skills which will enable them to function as a citizen and cater for themselves.
He was the first president and developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University)
I would say d. division of the empire into 2 halves.
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Francis Scott Key
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wrote the star spangled banner
