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Indeed. However, it is not called 'secession' but "Mexican Cession".
The Mexican Cession was divided into New Mexico Territory, and Utah Territory.
David Wilmot, a congressman from Pennsylvania, proposed the Wilmot Proviso in 1846. It was a failed legislative attempt to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.
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The Wilmot Proviso proposal was to prevent the introduction of slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico
The Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846, aimed to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War. Despite never becoming law, it sparked intense debate over the expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories.
the United states paid Mexico $15 million dollars for this land, which became known as the mexican cession
On February 2, 1848 by the means of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty, ending the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
There are only two of them: the country of Mexico - the original - and New Mexico, a territory acquired by the US from Mexico.
The Mexican Cession.
After the Compromise of 1850 the United States acquired both the New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory as parts of its territory. The Mexico and the US border was also agreed on the south.