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Questions
1. Identify the thesis or theme in this chapter.
2. How did the U.S. use the Texas-Mexico border dispute to its advantage?
3. Explain the term "Manifest Destiny" and its implications on U.S. foreign policy in the 1840s.
4. Explain the Whig position vis-a-vis the Mexican War.
5. How does the U.S. philosophically justify its aggression?
6. What evidence does Zinn utilize to illustrate American opposition to the Mexican War?
7. Apart from an increase in pay, why might an Irish- American soldier desert the U.S. Army and join the Mexican army?
8. What evidence does Zinn provide to determine how widespread desertion was among American soldiers?
9. Why did many of the American soldiers wish to stop fighting?
10. The United States did not provoke a war with Mexico over minor issues.