An effect of the new territory acquired by the US after the Mexican-American War was that states disagreed about

The land gained after the Mexican-American War raised the question of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories. This disagreement between free and slave states intensified sectional conflict. The Bear Flag Republic and the U.S.-Mexico border were issues connected to the war, but the major dispute caused by the new territory was slavery.

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