How was the impact of the Mexican Cession in 1848 similar to the impact of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803? Make sure your answer includes specific evidence connecting the broad context of both events. They were both bought from different nations at the same prices, which is 15 million dollars. They both increase the territories of the New Land and help the economy. Both increased sectional tension between the South and the North over the issue of whether they should be slave-states or free slave-states. They both led to compromises to solve the issue of slavery

1)which is the following was characteristic of the british colonies but not the french or spanish religion a. presence of slavery b. religion conversion c. smuggling and piracy d. strict racial hierarchy 2)how did the columbia exchange affect europe? a diseases from the new world decimated the population of the european continent b new crops introduced to europe generated further interest in the new world c enslavement of american indians in europe changed cultural attitudes toward slavery d the items produced by american indians become objects of competition in europe