A lack of trade with other nations outside East Asia has been a serious cost of industrialization in East Asia.
Due to the fact that it is a historical document. Just like the liberty bell isn't repaired. The fracture in the bell is historic as is the document.
First, American troops would drive
Mexican forces out of the disputed border
region in Texas and make the border
secure. Then, the U.S. would
seize New Mexico and California. Finally,
American forces would take Mexico City,
<span>the capital of Mexico.
I put the final step in bold :) Hope this helps
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<span> "Rip Van Winkle slept through the American Revolution. King wanted to stir his audience to not sleep through the revolution he was leading."
source: </span>http://gicoaches.com/rip-van-winkle%E2%80%99s-leadership-lesson-from-martin-luther-king/
To see if they are trying to provide bias or persuade or be one-sided in their claims. Also to know what was their purpose of providing the evidence was for. The author put in the time and effort to create the source so what was his end goal to accomplish for the reader.