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The Mexican-American War made the northern states more sectional in the fact that the northerners did not want to annex more slave states. They saw the war as bullying a weaker infantile country. The Southerners wanted to annex Texas because if they the US didn't, they feared that Texas would be annexed by England which would effectively stop the spread of slavery in the south since England was the biggest abolitionist power at the time. The westerners, such as the Texans just wanted to be annexed with the US so that they would have access to the greater power and protection of the United States.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIn the United States it was always centered on the issue of Slavery. Since most of California was "in the South" as was all of Nuevo Mexico, it made sense to slave holding states that the new lands purchased from Mexico could easily be divided into a pattern that produced something like four slave states, two free states and maybe a popular sovereignty state or even five slave and two or six and one. In any case even if spare sly populated the South would be able to control the US Senate for decades and perhaps even forever against the Abolitionist North. The Balance of Power could be altered dramatically, secession could be avoided and the Union Preserved. The North had other designs on the boundaries that would favor their grip on the Upper House. The Compromise of 1850 was the Band-Aid approach and it held the Union together for a decade.
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∙ 10y agoThe Mexican Cession of 1848 was a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that concluded the Mexican-American War.
The vast territorial gain as a result embittered regional divisions between the North and the South over the question of slavery in the territories and how they would be incorporated into the Union. Bitterness from both sides reached an all-time high up until this point; however, the Union was preserved for another decade thanks to the Compromise of 1850.
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∙ 9y agoBecause it did.
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What were the disadvantages of annexing Texas?
It was the primary cause of the Mexican American War.
What was the cause of the Mexican-American?
a dispute over the border between the two countries.
Was slavery-either as a moral issue or an economic reality-the single most important cause of the sectional conflict?
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Which was a major cause of the Mexican-American War?
The annexation of Texas as a US state in 1846 directly led to the war, but US ambitions toward the Mexican lands in the West were the driving force for the conflict.
Which of the following was a cause of the Mexican American war?
Congress voted to annex Texas
An economic cause of increasing sectional conflict on the eve of the Civil War was the decreasing importance of what river?
Mississippi river
What was the main cause of sectional conflict in the 1830s?
regions of us had grown different that they seldom shared the same economic interest or political rights.
What was the cause of the Mexican -American war?
The US annexation of Texas.
What are the differences between sectional and cause pressure groups?
sectional is where they promote a certain section in society where as cause they promote a certain cause.
What were the cause and result of the Mexican - American war?
The Annexation of Texas by the US was a major cause and the result of the war was Mexican Cession and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What were the disadvantages of annexing Texas?
It was the primary cause of the Mexican American War.
Why did congress refuse annex Texas?
It was a direct cause of the Mexican-American War.
What was the cause of the Mexican-American?
a dispute over the border between the two countries.
What was the cause of Mexican-American war?
a dispute over the border between the two countries.
What political faction would have supported the cause of the Mexican-American war?
The Southerners who were democrats.
What was the cause Mexican-American War?
a dispute over the border between the two countries.
What did the Mexican American war cause?
Increased tension in the US over the issue of slavery.
