MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Southern slaveholders demanded government assistance in transporting slaves to the West.
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Slavery went against the democratic values of those in the west.
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Americans did not know if slavery would be allowed in the new territories
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Southern slaveholders thought westward expansion would cause their region to lose power
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Detailed explanation-1: -The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups from their homes. The rapid expansion of the United States intensified the issue of slavery as new states were added to the Union, leading to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The idea of Manifest Destiny arose in response to the prospect of U.S. annexation of Texas and to a dispute with Britain over the Oregon Country, which became part of the union.
Detailed explanation-3: -Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America. The ideology of Manifest Destiny inspired a variety of measures designed to remove or destroy the native population. US President James K.
Detailed explanation-4: -Manifest destiny had serious consequences for Native Americans, since continental expansion implicitly meant the occupation and annexation of Native American land, sometimes to expand slavery. This ultimately led to confrontations and wars with several groups of native peoples via Indian removal.