The correct answer is D. new territory that contributed to the formation of seven new states.
After the Mexican-American War, the US and Mexico agreed to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty favored the United States heavily, as they won the Mexican-American War. The ultimate goal of this war was to gain land from Mexico, which they accomplished. The Mexican Cession resulted in the United States gaining several thousand square miles of territories. This would result in the creation of states like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, etc.
The Constitutional Convention met to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
A, enslaved persons were too valuable for southern leaders to consider emancipation
Mercantilism. A colony will send over raw materials for the Mother country to process and the colony will also buy finished goods from the Mother country for economic growth.
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Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and China
