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Why do southerners support the Mexican American war?
Some believed in expansionism and Manifest Destiny. Some wanted to expand slavery.
What party did not want land gained in the Mexican American war to allow slavery?
The Whigs.
Was the Texas Revolution a fight for freedom or a land grab?
It was both, and it also was prompted by the Texican need for slavery to operate and compete in the cotton trade and slavery was forbidden by the Mexican government.
Why did the Louisiana purchase Mexican American war escalated tensions over slavery?
The Louisiana Purchase and Mexican American War certainly escalated tensions over slavery. For one, slave holders felt it was okay to expand slavery and their products and services into newly acquired land and territories. This was strongly opposed by early abolitionists that did not want the immoral act of slavery plaguing the new territories.
What is the significance of the Mexican American War on Texas?
It had new borders to the south, west and north.
Were people who wanted land be closed to the practice of slavery?
Abolitionists were people who wanted land to be closed to the practice of slavery.
Why do southerners support the Mexican American war?
Some believed in expansionism and Manifest Destiny. Some wanted to expand slavery.
Why did Americans ant to move to Texas?
The original Texans went to Texas because they wanted to have slaves and they felt that slavery would be made illegal in the United States. The Mexican government offered them land grants and backed slavery. Much later the Mexican government changed its mind on slavery and told the Americans they couldn't have slaves.
Why did many southerners move toTexas?
The Mexican government offered them land and they could have slavery.
What party did not want land gained in the Mexican American war to allow slavery?
The Whigs.
What were the results of the mexican-american war?
America won the war and got the land they wanted.
Why did Northerners favor Wilmot Proviso and Southerners did not?
Northerners favored it because it banned slavery in the land obtained from Mexico, aka the Mexican Cession, thus making another step toward abolishing slavery. They supported this so much, that antislavery northerners created a new party, known as the Free- Soil Party, which supported the Wilmot Proviso. Southerners, however, opposed it, and wanted more land that allows slavery.
Was the Texas Revolution a fight for freedom or a land grab?
It was both, and it also was prompted by the Texican need for slavery to operate and compete in the cotton trade and slavery was forbidden by the Mexican government.
Why did Texas offer lands grants to settlers?
They wanted to give land to new coming Americans so they would be on the Mexican side when Americans illegally came to Texas.
Why did santa Anna attack the Texans?
Santa Anna attacked the Texans because he wanted the land for Mexico. He had started the Mexican revolution and wanted to expand the country.
Why did the Louisiana purchase Mexican American war escalated tensions over slavery?
The Louisiana Purchase and Mexican American War certainly escalated tensions over slavery. For one, slave holders felt it was okay to expand slavery and their products and services into newly acquired land and territories. This was strongly opposed by early abolitionists that did not want the immoral act of slavery plaguing the new territories.
Does the Magna Carta prohibit charging a fee to cross crown land?
No, the Magna Carta does not prohibit charging a fee to cross crown land.
