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Which term is most closely associated with the Mexican American war of 1846-48

a) appeasement
b) manifest destiny
c) popular sovereignty

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b.) manifest destiny

Americans were obsessed with the goal of expanding the U.S. all the way to the Pacific Ocean and the western and southwestern portion of land owned by Mexico posed as an obstacle to their 'destiny'.
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