Annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American War

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The United States gained California, Arizona, and New Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War.

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Popular sovereignty allowed people to decide the slavery question for themselves.

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James K. Polk was president during the annexation of Texas.

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The result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was that it ended the Mexican-American War and ceded large territories to the U.S.

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A major consequence of the Mexican-American War was the expansion of U.S. territory and increased tensions over slavery.

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The significance of the year 1848 in U.S. history was the end of the Mexican-American War and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

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The main issue addressed by the Compromise of 1850 was the balance of free and slave states in the U.S.

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Law requiring all U.S. citizens to assist in returning all runaway slaves to their owners in the South.

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Fugitive Slave Law

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Primary purpose of John Brown’s attack on Harper’s Ferry.

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Spark a slave revolt in the South

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1860 candidates of the northern and southern wings of the Democratic party.

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Douglas and Breckenridge