Question

First one to answer gets brainliest. Friend or Foe, Mexico Persuasive Article. Write a complete PERSUASIVE article (1-2 paragraphs) on whether or not the United States should have gone to war with Mexico.

Include the following:

· explanation of events for boundary differences between maps

· explanation of U.S. interest in the West based on the maps

· claim on whether or not the U.S. should have declared war on Mexico

· at least two valid reasons given for claim on Mexican-American War

· valid counterclaim and argument against the counterclaim

Answer 1

Thus, at convergent boundaries, continental crust is created and oceanic crust is destroyed. Two plates sliding past each other forms a transform plate boundary. ... In contrast to convergent and divergent boundaries, crust is cracked and broken at transform margins, but is not created or destroyed.

Answer 2

The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. A border skirmish along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.Causes of the Mexican-American War

Texas gained its independence from

in 1836. Initially, the United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. The Mexican government was also encouraging border raids and warning that any attempt at annexation would lead to war.