3. What was the purpose of Mexico’s borderlands, which included most of present-day Arizona, Texas, California, and New Mexico?

A. to search for gold and silver
B. to protect African slaves who escaped
C. to spread Christianity
D. to protect Mexico from other European countries

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an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.

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