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What domestic development was caused by the Mexican-American War?

A.

The United States annexed Texas.

B.

Congress enacted the Indian Removal Act.

C.

Tensions between antislavery and proslavery activists increased.

D
.

The United States took control of Mexican territory in present-day Canada.

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C.

The war’s territorial gains (the Mexican Cession) raised the question of whether slavery would be allowed in new lands, intensifying sectional conflict between antislavery and proslavery forces (e.g., Wilmot Proviso debates, Compromise of 1850).