Question

Some people feared that the acquisition of new territory in the Mexican Cession would

a. make the issue of slavery worse.
b. create problems with Mexico.
c. likely lead to another war.
d. make the country difficult to govern.

Answer 1

the answer is option A , just took the test

Answer 2

a. make the issue of slavery worse.
they had the 39th parallel which ment any state below that was a slave state, so this made matters worse cause the north was thinking this was unfair.