Daniel Boone

The Mexican-American War

• A conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, resulting in the U.S. gaining control of a significant amount of land, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

Manifest Destiny

• A concept popularized in the 1840s, asserting that the United States was destined to expand its territory across North America, often used to justify the country's territorial acquisitions.

Opposition to Manifest Destiny

• Prominent American figures, such as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Henry David Thoreau, rejected the concept of manifest destiny, viewing it as an excuse for aggressive expansion and a threat to the country's founding principles.

Political Party Association

• The Democratic Party used the concept of manifest destiny to justify the Mexican-American War, framing the conflict as a necessary step in the fulfillment of the nation's supposed destiny.

Contestation of Manifest Destiny

• The main reason why manifest destiny was contested was its perceived threat to the balance of power between slave and free states, as well as concerns about the morality and constitutionality of forced territorial expansion.

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