Why didn't the USA annex all of Mexico in 1848? (Short Animated Documentary)

A video on YouTube. In History, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This video explores why the United States did not annex all of Mexico following the Mexican-American War, examining domestic political pressures, slavery debates, and diplomatic negotiations.

From the video

Answers: Why didn't the US annex all of Mexico after winning the war?

Mexican-American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
U.S. Territorial Expansion
Slavery in the United States
Nicholas Trist

What it concludes

U.S. annexation of all of Mexico was opposed due to domestic debates over slavery, the influx of non-white Catholics, and the impracticality of governing a conquered population through a guerrilla war.
President James K. Polk ultimately accepted the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, negotiated by Nicholas Trist, which annexed a portion of Mexico rather than the entire country.

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