Why were relations between the United States and Mexico often strained in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
A. The United States has refused to enter into any trade agreements with Mexico since the end of the Mexican War in 1848.
B. The nations had gone to war with each other in the 1840s; this was followed by a series of occupations in Mexico by American troops protecting U.S. economic and security interests.
C. Mexico has refused to give up its claims to South Texas and other regions ceded to the United States at the end of the Mexican War.
D. The United States initiated a process in the early 1900s to construct a border wall between the two nations.
Answer: B
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