Select the answer that places the following events from the 1840s in the correct chronological order: A. The Free Soil Party was organized to exclude slavery from Western territories. B. The United States declared the Rio Grande River as the border between Texas and Mexico. C. Congress formally declared war on Mexico.

1. B. The United States declared the Rio Grande River as the border between Texas and Mexico.

Under President Polk, the United States claimed the Rio Grande river as the border with Mexico because he claimed that Texas claimed this to be their border with Mexico and since Texas was now a part of the United States, that was the U.S. border as well. This was after the Texas annexation in 1845.

2. C. Congress formally declared war on Mexico.

Congress formally declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846 after both nations refused to back down from their contrasting claims as to where the U.S. - Mexico border was.

3. A. The Free Soil Party was organized to exclude slavery from Western territories.

The Free Soil Party was founded on August 9, 1848 to oppose the expansion of slavery into the Western territories. They were dissolved into the Republican party 6 years later.

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the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

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lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.