One lasting political impact of the mexican-american war was

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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a. by accepting the election of president abraham lincoln in 1860 and convincing other southern states to do the same