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Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny and Expansion by Josh Morgan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
American pioneers migrating west into Oregon and south into Texas lead to the U.S. interest in pushing out its borders. Annexation of Texas led to trouble with Mexico as President Polk sends John Slidell to negotiate for California and New Mexico, but Mexico refuses. This and a border clash on the Rio Grande leads to the Mexican-American War, resulting in Mexico ceding California and New Mexico to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Westward expansion and the extension of slavery remain points of c
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- Josh Morgan
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