The main issue between the US and Mexico was the American Southwest and whom it should belong to. Mexico had held this land since their separation from the Spanish Empire, and the US wanted to buy it for $30 million, but Mexico staunchly refused to sell. Also, US citizens (including former US Congressman David Crockett) had fought and died fighting for the Republic of Texas, and after ten years Texas had recently become a US state. The disputed Tex-Mex border then became an issue for the US. Also, in the opinion of this contributor, religion may have been an issue. Christians were no longer fighting official wars over religion, but it probably did not help that the US was Protestant and Mexico was Catholic. And Manifest Destiny was likely part of the picture. Mexico was not developing the Southwest, but Mexico's refusal to sell the land prevented the US from gaining a firm hold on the Pacific coast.
and they wanted to find gold.
When the Republic of Texas became a US state, the new border was disagreed upon. The US claimed Texas south to the Rio Grande River, while Mexico claimed the border was further north at the Nueces River. There was a conflict between the Mexican Army and the US Army, with US soldiers killed or taken prisoner, and this event started the Mexican War.
The US annexation of Texas.
The US annexation of Texas.
Slavery issues.
# It created Kansas Territory. # It created Nebraska Territory. # It established the right of the settlers in those territories to make their own determination on the issue of slavery. # It made possible further westward expansion including a transcontinental railroad.
the expansion of slavery
federal issue
Sectional lines
well, it all started in 1637 when cristopher Columbus dicovered the Americas by exploring and expanding!!sincerly, anonomus!Well, it all started in 1637 whan Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas!!loleeeAnswerIn the span of five years, the United States increased its size by a third. It annexed Texas in 1845; negotiated with Britain for half of the Oregon country; and acquired California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming as a result of a war with Mexico. America's dramatic territorial expansion intensified the sectional conflict between North and South and raised the fateful and ultimately divisive issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the western territories.
the westward expansion on US territory.
The expansion of slavery into the territory west of Missouri
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
The issue of expansion of slavery was its expansion and growth into Western territories.
victory in war with Mexico creates new territory in southwest. -Lorena
In 1848, the Democrats needed new guy, decided on General Lewis Cass, an 1812 veteran. Slavery was outlawed in the territories that was ceded by Mexico.
Breckinridge's stance on the issue of slavery differed from Lincoln's because Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories and Breckinridge insisted that the government be required to protect slavery in any territory.
The driving event was the westward expansion of U.S. territory, esp. in connection with the Mexican War (the product of the annexation of Texas). How the territories were to be organized - whether open to slavery or not - became a burning issue. The territorial issue was intensified at the end of the decade, by California's growth (aided immensely by the Gold Rush) and the issue of building a transcontinental railroad through the territories to link east & west.
# It created Kansas Territory. # It created Nebraska Territory. # It established the right of the settlers in those territories to make their own determination on the issue of slavery. # It made possible further westward expansion including a transcontinental railroad.
The main issue raised and addressed in The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was the issue of tolerance.
During the 19th century, the main issue of territorial expansion was slavery. Northerners didn't want slavery to extend into the western regions, while the south did. It was basically the issue of Missouri (Missouri Compromise) all over again, but with soooooo much more territory to deal with. This growing sectionalism between the north and the south would later tear the nation apart, in what is known as the Civil War.
The fundamental issue that was raised at the constitutional convention was slave trade and human rights abuses. Those were the issues that were strife then.