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Why was the Mexican War seen as a southern plot?
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The expansion of slavery across the southwest would add slave states to the country.
The south could create the Confederacy if this land was won from Mexico.
It would begin the idea of popular sovereignty.
California would be a major addition to the country.

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Answer:

The Mexican War was seen as a southern plot because the expansion of slavery across the southwest would add slave states to the country.

Explanation:

  • It was believed that the Mexican War was a deliberate initiative of the leaders of the south with a view to acquire the Mexican land so that new slave states would be to the union.
  • This was to make the side of the southern states stronger as far as withstanding the issue of the abolishment of slavery was concerned.

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