Describe One Consequence Of The Mexican-American War

One consequence of the mexican-american war is the dispute of slavery in the U.S. “Soon after texas won independence from Mexico in 1836, the state legalized slavery. Free blacks and mulattoes were forbidden from entering Texas, which had once been a safe haven for runaways.” During the 1830s there had been a westward push of white settlements and slavery that brought significant numbers of new settlers to the region leading to conflicts between whites and Mexicans that occupied land had increased. Texas used the texas rangers to help protect a mexican born rancher who was a symbol of a militant resistance to Anglo racism. “Authorities in Texas systematically disenfranchised Mexican Americans, and prevented them from serving in local government, while vigilantes, with broad support from the white communities, terrorized Mexican Americans in southern texas, where they were most numerous.” The war affected political balance with pro and anti slavery states and if slavery had been allowed in the newly acquired Mexican territory, the slaveholding states would acquire greater representation in congress.

Another consequence during the mexican american war is that there were tensions between Mexican and American immigrants that grew with the
“The U.S. -Mexican War, like any other war, was fundamentally about violence-a violence that did not end once the war or the military phase of the war ended.”The violence people experienced was not just in taking away their land or livelihood but an effect to take away their language. Most families were torn apart. They held land and homes. A political border was created and part of the family was on one side and the other part was on the opposite side. They became enemies but didn’t see themselves that way. The war was about violence, racism, appropriation, and expropriation. It was also about slavery and an access to a more cotton producing land increasing size of slave