HIST 2110Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Personal Liberty Laws
26 Feb 2016
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During the last few weeks we have been exploring how the societies of north and. South began developing along increasingly different lines, and often clashing, especially over slavery. During the 1840s, though, there was also a vigorous spirit of american nationalism and expansionism. This was the era of manifest destiny, a belief that it was the usa"s historic mission to bring the land of north america, and possibly beyond, under its control. Manifest destiny, as we"ll explore this week, represented another expression of. In this decade, the us added over one million square miles to its territory, its biggest expansion since the louisiana purchase. By the end of the decade, the us occupied basically all of the areas it does today, save hawaii, alaska, and a few border regions. But the expansion did not provide the desired outlet for sectional tensions.
