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The war resulted in the death of more than half of Paraguayan population representing about 66% of the Paraguayan population.
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The Triple Alliance War also referred to as the Paraguayan War was the war fought between Paraguay and the three allied forces of South America namely Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay referred to as the Triple Alliance Force.
The war lasted between 1864 to 1870. It was caused majorly as a result of boundary dispute, political tussle and the selfish expansionist ambition of the Paraguayan dictator known as Francisco Solano Lopez. The war had a very calamitous effect on Paraguay, as it led to the decimation and annihilation of about 66% of the Paraguayan population comprising mainly of men.
It was resolved with the 3/5 compromise, which stated that an African American was counted as 3/5 of a person for population purposes.
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Texas shared the position of other slave states regarding the future of new territories and new states. It wanted the expansion of slavery. Southern states advocated a popular sovereignty solution, that is, new states to be admitted to the Union should choose by themselves. The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was a political compromise. Nevertheless, Texas had important objections. In a speech in the Senate delivered on February 15, 1854, Texan leader Sam Houston lists two important obstacles: Nebraska had a too small population in order to sustain organization , and Kansas was a land with very few white settlers and entirely occupied by Native tribes.
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