HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Wilmot Proviso, Manifest Destiny, United States Territorial Acquisitions
Document Summary
Since the louisiana purchase people weren"t happy with the purchase of western land. American in north and south showed how different they have become. The issue of the westward expansion has become intertwine with slavery. The situation even led to war to destroy slavery and killed 6000 people. In the early 1840, it was difficult to find single american who is enthusuasistict to westward expansion. The idea of westward expansion has unified working class and business class. With the soil in south east becoming less and less fertile, the farmers. Planters already became aware of northerner"s anti-slavery, so for them to become successful they knew the south need to expand to west. Manifest destiny: enthusiasm, a common and familiar ideology, john o"sullivan"s magical vision. Almost overnight, manifest destiny provided ideological justification to conquer the west: the oregon territory. Since the 1790, both britain and us has claimed the place. Citizen of both countries are allowed to settle there.
