Difference between revisions of "American History Homework Five Answers - Student Two"
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| − | 3. | + | 3. Before the Mexican War, there was a lot of territory Mexico owned where American settlers lived. These settlers broke off and started their own country: the Republic of Texas. Why Mexico didn't just re-conquer that nation doesn't make sense to me. Instead, they waited until the Republic of Texas was a state, this way they would have to fight the entire United States, rather than a smaller, newer country. Also, they threatened to declare war as soon as Texas was ratified in the U.S., but then didn't; Pierce had to do it for them, and use some dishonesty too. It seems that Mexico had as hard a time making up it's mind as the United States did. |
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1. B - He would not have welcomed immigrants if he was a know-nothing.
2.They wanted a national bank and they did not want to annex Texas. Basically everything the Democrats were against, the Whigs wanted.
3. Before the Mexican War, there was a lot of territory Mexico owned where American settlers lived. These settlers broke off and started their own country: the Republic of Texas. Why Mexico didn't just re-conquer that nation doesn't make sense to me. Instead, they waited until the Republic of Texas was a state, this way they would have to fight the entire United States, rather than a smaller, newer country. Also, they threatened to declare war as soon as Texas was ratified in the U.S., but then didn't; Pierce had to do it for them, and use some dishonesty too. It seems that Mexico had as hard a time making up it's mind as the United States did.
The war ended as the U.S. Marines marched through "the Halls of Montezuma," and the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty gave America over half of what was then Mexico.
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H1. Could the Civil War have been avoided?