Question

Excerpt from Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; February 2, 1848

“In consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States, as defined in the fifth article of the present treaty, the Government of the United States engages to pay to that of the Mexican Republic the sum of fifteen millions of dollars.”

What was an effect related to the passage?

Question 12 options:

Reduced land area in the US


Overturned the Great Compromise


Resolved the slavery debate in the US


Increased sectional tensions

Answer 1

Increased sectional tensions as eventually this would lead to a debate if these new territories should be slave states or free states AND debates in regards to why the US paid so much money for territory they rightfully won through conquest.

Answer 2

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Question - Excerpt from Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; February 2, 1848

“In consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States, as defined in the fifth article of the present treaty, the Government of the United States engages to pay to that of the Mexican Republic the sum of fifteen millions of dollars.”

What was an effect related to the passage?

Answer - Overturned the Great Compromise

Why - The reason I say this is because the other answers didnt even occur in this event or dosen't make sense.