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☆☆☆☆☆Slaves were blocked from bringing lawsuits in courts because they weren't citizens.
The United States should reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest destiny was the idea that it was the nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific.
Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
An increase in reform movements
Some northern states made slavery against the law.
The first Spanish-speaking settlers in New Mexico (Apex)
people felt that they would take away American jobs
The Whig Party supported public works projects.
The definition of Transcendentalist is someone who advocates for transcendentalism. One of the most famous Transcendentalists is the transcendentalist Thoreau.
Britain and Mexico fought with the United States over the Oregon and Texas territories.
The international slave trade ended /apex
It was greatly helped when sherman captured atlanta
