The name of the agreement with Mexico that added about 30,00…
The name of the agreement with Mexico that added about 30,000 square miles to the United States (at the southern borders of the present day states of New Mexico and Arizona) and made a southern route for the transcontinental railroad possible.
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This man was a Senator from Illinois; he was the force behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act; he engaged Abraham Lincoln in a series of debates in 1858, and was a candidate for President in 1860; supported the concept of popular sovereignty.
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