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The Mexican-American War was a war fought between Americans and Mexicans between the period of 1846 to 1848. The war was fought for land. The war itself was controversial to a lot of American citizens, it did mark a turning point towards the debate of slavery. Even without the war, the debate of slavery would still be a strong discussion up till post Civil War.

One of the issues that caused the war, which also strengthen the debate of slavery, was the westward expansion, or Manifest Destiny. If the United States of America gets land from purchasing it from other countries or if a territory wanted to become a state, it would cause a discussion whether or not that state would become a slave state or not. A great example of this is when Missouri and Maine wanted to become states. The result of this issue was the Missouri Compromise, which made the border of slave state at the 36'30 line.

Post war, the debate grew stronger. The Compromise of 1850 was one of the examples. North had the benefits of the Compromise. The North would get California as a free state and there would be an abolition of slave trade, but not slavery itself in D.C. But the one thing that the South got was a strict slave law. If a runaway slave ran away and North captured the refugee slave, then the North had to return the slave back to the owner in the South. This made the North upset towards the strict law.

In the end, The Mexican-American War may have been a turning point of slavery, but without it the issue between slavery would still be a rising debate without the war.

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