<span>T</span>he Mexican-American War has put the slavery question into a fiercer debate. The independent Republic of Texas was anti-slavery, but would like to join the United States. However, there is a question in the United States whether absorbed territory would be a slave or free state. The Americans emerged victorious in the war, and Texas became a part of the United States and became a slave state, further inflaming tensions between the North and the South that culminated into American Civil War.
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What did Germany and the USSR agree to in their accords? Stalin, Russia, said he would not attack Hitler, Germany, and vice versa. The second accord said they would divide Poland between them. Germany would occupy Northern France and the Nazis would control the government in south France.
Township and Range
The township and range system began its usage after the passage of the Northwest Ordinance in the Articles of Confederation. The geographical system divides land into townships with 36 1-square mile plots within each township. The townships are measured against a east-west and north-south range lines. This system created square divisions of land compared to the metes and bound system that used landmarks to create boarders.
The answer is: The Law of Land Warfare, Uniform Code of Military Justice, and Code of Conduct.
The answer may vary from country to country but on an international level the United Nations Charter also provides code of conducts on how modern armies should function in times of war.
These are important in order to provide a moral structure to an Army which can become, as evidenced in history, quite ruthless.