Question

How did the mexican-american war ultimately deepen sectional divisions in the united states?

a. all the territories acquired were immediately opened to slavery;
b. slavery was prohibited in all the territories acquired;
c. southern states refused to recognize the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo;
d. the new territories acquired fueled a violent debate over the extension of slavery into these territories;?

Answer 1

It would be D. the new territories acquired fueled a violent debate over the extension of slavery into these territories

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