The Mexican-American War (1846-48) resulted in
- A
A negotiated draw with both nations keeping their pre-war territorial boundaries intact
- B
Mexican expansion northward, gaining U.S. territory up to the Missouri and Ohio River basins
- C
An American defeat that forced the U.S. to cede Louisiana, Texas, and the Oregon Country back to Mexico
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U.S. acquisition of vast territory (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, etc.) via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Explanation
Critics like Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass called the war unjust; sectional debates over slavery in the new territories intensified.