MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Texas residents encouraged U.S. soldiers to conduct cross-border raids against Mexican outposts.
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U.S. soldiers patrolled a disputed region that Mexico considered its own territory.
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The Mexican army desired to show it was superior to the military strength of the United States.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. How did President Polk’s placement of soldiers along the Rio Grande contribute to the outbreak of war with Mexico? Texas residents encouraged U.S. soldiers to conduct cross-border raids against Mexican outposts. U.S. soldiers patrolled a disputed region that Mexico considered its own territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -President James K. Polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on U.S. soil, north of the Rio Grande. But Mexico claimed this land as its own territory and accused the American military of having invaded.
Detailed explanation-3: -It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).
Detailed explanation-4: -Polk wanted to lay claim to California, New Mexico, and land near the disputed southern border of Texas.
Detailed explanation-5: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip.