Manifest Destiny and the Civil War: A Precarious Path to Secession
Words: 660 Pages: 2 5033Slavery's chains tangled with Manifest Destiny as America marched toward civil war. Manifest Destiny was a 19th-century doctrine that suggested the United States was divinely chosen to expand across the North American continent, a belief that provided the ideological justification for territorial expansion. However, this expansionist zeal was consistently accompanied by the unresolved and divisive issue of slavery, sparking heated debates over whether newly acquired territories should allow slavery. Ultimately, the election of a Republican president from the North accelerated […]
