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Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.3
What could have been an alternative outcome if Mexico had accepted John Slidell's initial offer to purchase California and New Mexico territories?
Texas might not have joined the Union as a slave state.
The Mexican-American War might have been avoided.
Slavery would not have expanded into the western territories.
The United States would not have fulfilled its Manifest Destiny.
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AP US History - 5.3 The Mexican–American War
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