History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1552 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the United States Took No More
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The idea
Some expansionists wanted all of Mexico, and southerners who wanted slave territory opposed absorbing Mexico's large mestizo population.
In practice
Others objecting to incorporating a large group of Roman Catholics.
Where people slip
The limit of expansion was racial and religious, not military. The United States stopped where it did because of who it would have had to admit.
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