How did the admission of territories acquired by the U. S. in the Mexican War shed light on the root issues dividing north and south for decades before the Civil War

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

Ithink it was the first election is which mass participation occurred.