What was the significance of the 38th parallel before the korean war?
a. when us troops moved north of it, the chinese decided to fight.
b. it was the location of the yalu river boundary between north korea and china.
c. it served as the boundary between north korea and south korea.
d. it marked the first site of north korean aggression.

In the introduction of becoming mexican american, sanchez draws from stuart hall's notion of cultural identity (pg. 12-13). hall asserts that identities are enmeshed in "becoming and of being." they are subjected to the elements and context of history. explain what you think he means by the idea of becoming and being and explain how context fits into comprehending the american concept of manifest destiny.