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In 1846 relations between the two countries had deteriorated considerably and on April 23 1846 the president of Mexico issued a proclamation declaring Mexico's intent to fight a "defensive war" against the encroachment of the United States. On April 25 1846 two thousand Mexican cavalry crossed into the disputed territory and routed a small detachment of American soldiers sparking the "Thornton Affair". Polk received word of the Thornton Affair which added to the Mexican government's rejection of Slidell Polk believed constituted a casus belli. His message to Congress on May 11 1846 claimed that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil.", Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. 3.1.2 Enumerated powers Lincoln the Republican won with a plurality of popular votes and a majority of electoral votes Lincoln however did not appear on the ballots of ten southern slave states Many slave owners in the South feared that the real intent of the Republicans was the abolition of slavery in states where it already existed and that the sudden emancipation of four million slaves would be disastrous for the slave owners and for the economy that drew its greatest profits from the labor of people who were not paid, Abbreviations DC D.C 15 Notes, Main article: Siege of Boston Conduct of the war.

. In Massachusetts slavery was successfully challenged in court in 1783 in a freedom suit by Quock Walker; he said that slavery was in contradiction to the state's new constitution of 1780 providing for equality of men Freed slaves were subject to racial segregation and discrimination in the North and it took decades for some states to extend the franchise to them. Domestic issues California Campaign The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public land-grant university providing undergraduate and graduate education D.C residents may also be eligible for a grant of up to $10,000 per year to offset the cost of tuition at any public university in the country! ; Routemap of the Potomac River, 4.6 West Point espionage The Old Brick Capitol serving as a prison during the Civil War. .