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Digital History: The Political Crisis of the 1840s

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Read about the attempt to keep slavery out of the newly acquired Mexican Cession, and so how this attempt revealed an increased split between North and South.

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extension of slavery into western territories, issue of slavery, sectional tensions, slave labor, a nation divided, digital history, free soil party, mexican cession, president james polk, the political crisis of the 1840s, wilmot proviso, discovery of gold in california, a nation divided (1848-60)
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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