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☆☆☆☆☆Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
Americans feared that their jobs would be taken by immigrants who were willing to be paid less for the same job.
The region was a part of Mexico until the mid 1800's
The Hispanos of New Mexico are people of Spanish or Indo-Hispanic descent. The explorer Don Juan de Oñate from Mexico City to New Mexico with 500 Spanish settlers and soldiers around 1598. By the time of the Civil War in 1861, both the North and South claimed ownership of the area. And like with White treatment of Native Americans, Whites treated the Hispanos unfairly as second-class citizens.
He tried to organize a revolt against Mexico in California.
it was rigid and well defined.
slaves had better lives than many free factory workers.
They became more rigid as fear of slave resistance grew.
The United States qualifies as such.
The Santa Fe Trail was a trade route between the United States and Mexico.
it was unjust, oppressive, and cruel
California became a free state.
Mexican foods and celebrations are popular throughout the area
all of above apex
