Americans acquire all of Mexico

The Americans conquest Mexico

POD


 * John C Calhoun decides to support the acquisition of all of Mexico, where in OTL he was opposed to it. In ATL he considered Mexico a placeto expand slavery to. Thus, with Calhoun rallying the support of the South, the United States force Mexico to disband their government, and it becomes a territoy of the United states in 1848. There was relatively little resistance by the population because of the unpopularity of the Santa Anna Government.

1850


 * By this time the territories of California, chihuahua, sonora, and some others are ready to be admitted to the Union. This arouses fierce debate in Washington, as none of these territories want to have slavery. The admission of so many free states would upset the balance in the senate between free and slave states. Thus a great compromise is needed. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun step forward. After weeks of debate, there is a compromise, called teh great compromise. It's details include the following


 * 1) All future states which will be admitted to the Union will decide upon the issue of slavery by popular sovereighnty.


 * 1) A new fugitive slave law will be made in order to stop the escape of fugitive slaves.


 * 1) Federal grants will be made, encouraging current slaveholding stated to break into smaller states, and non slaveholding states to combine, thus equalizing representation in the senate.

1853


 * By this time Mexico has been carved up so that there are no so many states, thus apeasing the south. North Mexico includes Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Nueva Leon, Tamaulipas, and Coahuila. South Mexico contains Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerro, southern Veracruz, and Michoacan. Yucatan is made up of Campece, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, and Tabasco. Teh remaining states make up the State of MExico. All have been admitted to the union at this time. TExas has also been split up into west texas, Houston, North Texas, and Alamo.

1854


 * The Kansas-Nebraska Act causes unrest in America. The south, still behind in number of slave states needs Kansas to allow slavery. Calls for secession grow.

1860


 * Abraham Lincoln wins the Election by a large majority, helped significantly by the electoral votes of the new mexican states. Lincoln was seen as more friendly to other races because of his opposition to the expansion of slavery, and thus the former Mixicans supported him.


 * The states of South Carolina, North Carolina, Gerogia, Florida, Alabama, mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and all hte texas states secede, claiming that Lincoln wanted ot abolish slavery.