1. The Popular Sovereignty Panacea
1. The Mexican Cession lands opened a "can of worms" with the question, "What should be done about slavery in these lands?"
2. Further, with this question, the political parties (Whig and Democrat) were put into a tricky position. No matter which way they answered, half of the nation would be offended.
1. Largely, the parties simply chose to side-step the slavery-expansion question (give no clear answer) so as to offend no one, hopefully.
3. In the election of 1848…
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