President james k. polk stated that the immediate cause of the mexican-american war was:
a. mexico's invasion of american territory.
b. the issue of slavery.

a. Mexico's invasion of American territory.

Explanation:

There were various actions that occurred in order to begin the Mexican-American war. But the final action that sparked the war was when the US government send general Taylor to a territory (Rio Grande) in order to reach to a treaty between the two countries but the Mexican general Pedro de Ampudia demanded for them to return and when that didn’t happen Ampudia killed and captured various American soldiers. When word got to Washington the president declared war and they officially started fighting over who will win the disputed territory.

a) "how old man winter was driven back " and "ormuzd and arimanes"

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they were citizens but they could not vote and they did could not get involved into a political situation during that time.