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title: "What was the impact of the Mexican-American War on territorial expansion, nationalism, politics, and sectionalism?"  
description: "What was the impact of the Mexican-American War on territorial expansion, nationalism, politics, and sectionalism?"  
author: "valentine d'suja"  
published: 2018-04-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40585/what-was-the-impact-of-the-mexican-american-war-on-territorial-expansion-nationalism-politics-and-sectionalism  
category: "usa history"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the impact of the Mexican-American War on territorial expansion, nationalism, politics, and sectionalism?

What was the [impact](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44109/the-importance-of-b2b-marketers-and-their-impact-on-the-company) of the Mexican-[American War](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41182/main-cause-of-the-mexican-american-war) on territorial [expansion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35156/this-famous-arch-contains-the-name-of-the-city-it-is-located-in-and-is-also-known-as-the-jefferson-national-expansion-memorial-in-which-city-is-this-monument-located), [nationalism](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327784/afghanistan-the-rising-threat-for-india), [politics](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311027/what-is-bipartisanship-really), and sectionalism?\
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