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B. The Gulf of California is the section of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland. The Gulf of Mexico is on the country’s east coast and is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
C. Mexico has 28.4 intentional homicides for every 100,000 people compared with a rate of 6.4 per 100,000 in the United States. In addition to killing each other, Mexico’s drug gangsters kill tens of thousands of civilians, including politicians and journalists. The Mexican cartels sell nearly all their drugs to the United States where they buy nearly all of their weapons. This trade has been estimated to be as high as $50 billion a year.
D. The border with Mexico is a total of 1,954 miles long, including 140.4 miles shared with California. 372.5 miles shared with Arizona, 179.5 miles shared with New Mexico, and 1,241 miles shared with Texas. It is the world’s most frequently crossed border, with about 350 million documented crossings annually.
A. The war was triggered when the United States annexed Texas in late 1845, after Mexican warnings that the breakaway territory was still part of Mexico. U.S. forces defeated Mexican troops and seized the capital of Mexico City. In the peace treaty, the United States got what is now Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming in exchange for $18.25 million in damages and debt.