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How did this help expand the United States to fulfill of Manifest Destiny? 

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How did this help expand the United States to fulfill of Manifest Destiny? 

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This helped expand the United States to fulfill of Manifest Destiny by helping us gain California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico as states in our country.

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This event happened because Texas gained its independance from Mexico in 1836, but at first, the USA didn't want it. After that though, Mexico wanted it back and we said no, taking Mexico as part of the US. Polk got mad about that and said that he would send troops to the US to start a war if we didn't let them buy Texas back and we didn't. This is how the Mexican War started.

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During this event, the Mexicans and Americans were fighting over land. Our army was prepared and we beat the Mexican army that was very shocked and not prepared. We one, expanding our territory a lot and taking 1/3 of Mexico's territory.

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The people involved in the war that were mentioned on the  website are  President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean, General Zachary Taylor, Col. Stephen W. Kearny, Commodore Robert F. Stockton,  General Antonio López de Santa Anna, Gen. windfield scott,

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This event took place in Mexico.

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This event took place from 1846-1848.