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- The Mexican-American war (1846-1848) changed the slavery debate. It almost doubled the size of the United States and began a debate, between Northerners and Southerners, over what to do with the newly acquired land.
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6 days ago · Abolitionists saw the war as an attempt by the slave states to extend slavery and enhance their power with the creation of additional slave states out of the soon-to-be-acquired Mexican lands. On August 8, 1846, Rep. David Wilmot of Pennsylvania attempted to add an amendment to a treaty appropriations bill.
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Nov 9, 2009 · Though the war with Mexico was over, the battle over the newly acquired territories—and whether or not slavery would be allowed in those territories—was just beginning.
Ex-slave and prominent anti-slavery advocate Frederick Douglass opposed the Mexican–American War. In the United States, increasingly divided by sectional rivalry, the war was a partisan issue and an essential element in the origins of the American Civil War.
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848, (1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
May 14, 2020 · A Brief Overview of the Mexican-American War 1846-1848. May 14, 2020 • Updated November 29, 2023. Two long years had passed after the initial shots were fired, sparking the Mexican American War in 1846.
Oct 23, 2018 · With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded over 525,000 square miles of territory to the United States in exchange for $15 million and the assumption of Mexican debts to American citizens, which reopened the slavery issue.
Nov 9, 2009 · Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. By: History.com Editors. Updated: September 21, 2022 | Original: November 9, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Map of of Mexico, 1847 (Universal History...
