Topic (1.4) The Impact of the Absorption of Texas and the Mexican War

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Introduction

Here you will explore how the issue of slavery contributed to America's expansion into Texas and further west, leading up to the war with Mexico. You will also see how tensions worsened between the free states of the North and the slave states of the South, by considering the terms of the Wilmot Proviso and why the Free-Soil Party objected to the westward expansion of slavery.