MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Spain still claimed parts of West Florida
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Florida was not considered to be inhabitable before the invention of air conditioning
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the U.S. was in a costly war with the Spanish
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admitting Florida as a slave state would upset the balance in Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -5) Florida’s desire to enter the Union as a slave state caused some difficulty. Congress had long struggled to maintain an equal balance between slave and free state. As a result it would take six years for Congress to act on Florida’s wish. Congress had to wait until another territory was ready to become a free state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which issue delayed statehood for both Florida and Texas? Statehood would upset the balance between slave and free states in Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -Florida a slave state (1845–1861) American settlers began to establish cotton plantations in northern Florida, which required numerous laborers, which they supplied by buying slaves in the domestic market. On March 3, 1845, Florida became a slave state of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, by the terms of the Missouri Compromise in 1820, to maintain the balance between slave and free states in the Senate, the admission of a new state from one side had to be balanced by admission of one from the other. Florida was ready to come in as a slave state.
Detailed explanation-5: -Iowa was admitted as a free state and Florida was admitted as a slave state, according to their respective state constitutions. The concurrent admission of the two states allowed the U.S. Senate to remain balanced in regard to the number of senators from free and slave states.