Which of the following fears did some Americans have about acquiring new territory in the Mexican Cession? New slave states would help the South gain power in Congress.
The relationship between the United States and Mexico would never recover.
Another war would break out between the United States and Mexico.
The United States had grown too large to govern effectively.

New slave states would help the south gain power in Congress.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

many women had to remain at home while husbands found work.

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