Mexican - American War (jan 1, 1846 – jan 1, 1848)

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CONTROVERSIAL WAR
- north see it as south's attempt to extend
slavery
- Lincoln introduces the "Spot Resolution"
- demands to know if there actually was an
attack
- Wilmot Proviso (warned Civil War)
- attempted to ban slavery in any territory
gained from Mexico
- passed by the House x2, rejected from the
Senate x2
- VOTES DID NOT FOLLOW PARTY LINES,
FOLLOWED REGIONAL DIVIDE
- Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
- ended war

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