President Polk provoked a war with Mexico
a. in order to acquire New Mexico and California.
b. by sending General Zachary Taylor and four thousand soldiers to patrol the Rio Grande.
c. by encouraging settlers in Monterey, California to dream of U.S. annexation.
d. by attempting to buy New Mexico and California.
e. all of these choices
e
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