Manifest Destiny described the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. This belief helped drive U.S. territorial expansion in the 1840s-1850s through the annexation of Texas, Oregon Treaty, and Mexican-American War. The acquisition of new lands intensified debates over the expansion of slavery and reshaped the political landscape around the issue of states' rights in the new western territories.
2. Trends in Antebellum America: 1810-1860 REFLECTION These people must die out. There is no help for them. God has given earth to those who will subdue and cultivate. Horace Greeley **Reflect on the above statement that describes the feelings of Manifest Destiny. How did these feelings affect the US in the future?
24. Wilmot Proviso, 1846 Provided, territory from that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory , except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted. Congr. David Wilmot (D-PA)