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In two to three sentences, identify two key consequences that the Mexican-American war had upon the United States

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The United States greatly expanded its territory.

The United States and Mexico had poor relations due to the war.

The debate over expansion of slavery in the United States grew even more intense.

Mexicans living in the areas of the Mexican Cession faced legal and social discrimination.

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The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States.

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