MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
Question
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Issues over Slavery
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Border disputes along the Rio Grande
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Unfair taxing by the US Government
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -This military conflict was primarily motivated by the business interest of expanding slavery in America. Despite the 1836 Texas Revolution, from 1846 to 1848, in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip. Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mexican-American War reopened the slavery-extension issue, which divided the North and South and which had been largely dormant since the Missouri Compromise.