MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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increasing support of, and a belief in, Manifest Destiny.
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spreading Christianity throughout North America
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using the Progressive movement to promote settlers coming to the West.
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increasing support of Imperialism throughout the U.S. territories
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the end of the war, Mexico would lose almost half its territory to the U.S., including lands from Texas to California. The war was a key event in American History as it fulfilled its ‘manifest destiny’, encompassing land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-2: -The war and treaty extended the United States to the Pacific Ocean, and provided a bounty of ports, minerals, and natural resources for a growing country. The abundance of lands also produced debates about extending slavery into the West, a dispute that would help spark a nation-defining civil war.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.