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serious [3.7K]
2 years ago
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1. Did Polk instigate the war with Mexico? If so how did he do it?

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den301095 [7]2 years ago
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1. <span>President Polk claimed the Rio Grande boundary, and when Mexico sent forces over the Rio Grande, this provoked a dispute.
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2. <span>Most </span>Texians<span> wanted to join the United States of America, but annexation of Texas was contentious in the </span>US Congress, where Whigs were largely opposed. <span> Sixty-seven Whigs voted against the war on a key slavery amendment,</span><span> but on the final passage only 14 </span>Whigs voted no. They accused <span>the President with usurping the war-making power.</span>

3. <span>In 1836 Mexico was relatively united in refusing to recognize the </span>independence of Texas<span>. Mexico threatened war with the United States if it annexed the </span>Republic of Texas. <span>Mexico laid claim to all the lands as far north as the </span>Nueces River<span>—about 150 mi (240 km) north of the </span>Rio Grande.

4. <span>The </span>territorial expansion of the United States<span> toward the </span>Pacific coast<span> had been the goal of US President James K. Polk</span>

5. President Polk claimed the Rio Grande boundary, and when Mexico sent forces over the Rio Grande, this provoked a dispute.
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