It was an act of the congress of the confederation of the United States, hoped that answered your question :)
It was Polk who was wildly enthusiastic about going to war with Mexico, although he was widely criticized within and outside his Democratic part for the thoughts on the matter.
Stalingrad was not related to Japanese aggression in the pacific region
The person who finished Guernica for the 1937 World's Fair after procrastinating for months is Pablo Picasso. He is known for being a painter, sculptor, poet, ceramist and much more in which he spends his life on doing what he was known for. He is known to be an influential and dominant artist.