How did the victory over Mexico intensify the political conflict over slavery

How did the victory over Mexico intensify the political conflict over slavery

Using a minimum of 150 words, address each question

• How did the victory over Mexico intensify the political conflict over slavery?
• How did slaves turn the war for the Union into a war for liberation?

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The issues surrounding the Mexican-American was from September 1846 April 1847 was made even more intensified because the War a major focal point of the rising American concerns over the issue of slavery (Hewitt & Lawson, 2012). This is because American victory in the war introduced large new territories to the United States. The issue then whether the new territories should become slave-holding or free. America went to the war under the leadership of President James Polk who was a firm believer in Manifest Destiny, of the notion that America was destined to take…

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