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Why does Dana think California, even though it is owned by Mexico, would be a great addition to United Sates

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Answer:Initially, the United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new slave state. ... Gold was discovered in California just days before Mexico ceded the land to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

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