1. Which evidence best supports the claims made by this excerpted resolution?

Mexican military forces attacked U. S. army troops on the northern bank of the Rio
Grande river.
American settlers of Texas who grew cotton with enslaved labor hoped to join the
union as a slave state.

The U. S. Congress authorized use of force against Mexico in response to a request by
President Polk.

Most Americans were in favor of proceeding with the annexation of Texas