Sectionalism and the Doorstep to War
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An idea popular in the U.S. during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific. American Progress by John Gast.
TEXAS HISTORY Chapters 21-23 Millionaire Review A:B: To help Mexico regain Texas, Mexico & New Mexico To help Mexico regain Texas, Arizona & New Mexico.
Essential Question Essential Question: –How did manifest destiny reveal & intensify sectional differences between the North & the South? Reading Quiz 14B.
NATIONS: Borders & Power
Westward Movement. By 1850-no stopping expansion Quadrupling of size and population Quadrupling of size and population More than ½ the population lived.
Slavery & Rising Sectionalism. The Beginnings of Sectionalism As Americans expanded West in the 1840s, conflicts intensified between the North & the South.
NATIONS: Borders & Power A govt. sets up clear boundaries where it has authority. Political Region – area that a government controls. Borders – boundaries.
