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While the public's fear of foreign involvements in continental North America may have concurred with Polk's agenda, the war he fought against Mexico that began in May 1846 and concluded in February 1848 sparked widespread criticism throughout political, journalistic, and literary circles in addition to strong support. Following the annexation of Texas, the Mexican government had severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. Polk subsequently sent an envoy, former Louisiana congressman John Slidell, to Mexico to try to resolve disputes over the Texas boundary and over damages that the Mexican government owed to U.S. citizens but could not pay. Polk instructed Slidell to make an offer that the U.S. would pay off Mexico's debt in order to acquire "Upper California and New Mexico" and would spend as much as $40 million to purchase the land.
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A. <u>I have known them since a long time</u>.
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The imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence.
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Winston churchill used the term iron curtain to refer to the the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence.
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Standard Oil became a horizontal integration monopoly because it owned ninety percent of US oil refineries. It became a monopoly because it bought almost all of the competitors so that it managed to control almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States.
