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5 December, 08:08

To what extent did the debates about the Mexican War and its aftermath reflect the sectional interests of New Englanders, westerners and southerners in the period from 1845 to 1855?

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  1. 5 December, 08:22
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    The underlying current of discontent during the debates regarding the Mexican War and westward territorial expansion in general was slavery: which new states would be free and which ones would be slave. This led ultimately to the Civil War.
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