C.+Review,+1607-1877

The following material should assist you in our review of American history up to 1877.

This map shows the territorial expansion of the United States over its history. the following questions: 1. Under what circumstances did we gain the area colored pink? 2. Under what circumstances, and what year, did we gain the area in green? 3. Using an approximate percentage, how much of the U.S. was taken from Mexico, either through the acts of the Texans or the Mexican War?





This is an advertisement for a type of vodka that appeared in Mexican and other Central and South American countries. The advertising campaign for Absolut Vodka was based on the idea, "What would be the best of all possible worlds," and of course, their brand of vodka would be included in it. What motivation was the advertising campaign appealing to in the historical minds and thinking of Mexican and other Latin American people?





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