Politicians such as Henry Clay said that he would only support annexation if such a move could be done without any war with Mexico. ... Polk became president; decidedly pro-Texas, pro-expansionist, and pro-manifest destiny, Polk began making war preparations to annex Texas under any means necessary, including war with Mexico. ... Before going to war, President Polk offered $32 million for California, New Mexico, and the territory between Texas and the Rio Grande. ... Surely enough, Mexico attacked Taylor's troops and killed 11 Americans; that was all Polk needed to declare war on Mexico. ...

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Before 1960 it was very uncommon to hear of the "contemporary Spanish American novel": there were Uruguayan, Ecuadorian, Mexican or Venezuelan novels. ... Gabriel Marquez gave an example of the social and economic injustices committed in his home country, Colombia, in his Nobel Prize speech: "There have been five wars and seventeen military coups; there emerged a dictator who is carrying out, in God's name, the first Latin American ethnocide of our time. ... Mario Llosa said in Interviews with Latin American Writers, that by living in Europe, he received "a broadened education" and a "c...

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American capitalism was ever as powerful as the 20th century. It's a memorable stage of time that companies were infamous for involved into foreign scandal that was written in history. More specifically, United Fruit Company, an American company, created relationships with Central America's dictator...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate