The US annexation of Texas.
# It created Kansas Territory. # It created Nebraska Territory. # It established the right of the settlers in those territories to make their own determination on the issue of slavery. # It made possible further westward expansion including a transcontinental railroad.
the expansion of slavery
federal issue
well, it all started in 1637 when cristopher Columbus dicovered the Americas by exploring and expanding!!sincerly, anonomus!Well, it all started in 1637 whan Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas!!loleeeAnswerIn the span of five years, the United States increased its size by a third. It annexed Texas in 1845; negotiated with Britain for half of the Oregon country; and acquired California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming as a result of a war with Mexico. America's dramatic territorial expansion intensified the sectional conflict between North and South and raised the fateful and ultimately divisive issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the western territories.
Sectional lines
the westward expansion on US territory.
The expansion of slavery into the territory west of Missouri
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
The issue of expansion of slavery was its expansion and growth into Western territories.
The issue of slavery in the territory ceded by Mexico was decided by the Compromise of 1850, which allowed residents to determine whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This meant that the territories of New Mexico and California could decide on the slavery issue for themselves when applying for statehood.
The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal introduced in 1846 that aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. It was not passed by Congress but sparked intense debate between Northern and Southern states over the issue of slavery expansion.
victory in war with Mexico creates new territory in southwest. -Lorena
Breckinridge's stance on the issue of slavery differed from Lincoln's because Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories and Breckinridge insisted that the government be required to protect slavery in any territory.
The Wilmot Proviso aimed to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico during the Mexican-American War. This proposal sparked intense debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories and heightened tensions between the North and the South over the issue of slavery. Although the proviso was never passed into law, it played a significant role in shaping the national debate on slavery and the future expansion of the United States.
The driving event was the westward expansion of U.S. territory, esp. in connection with the Mexican War (the product of the annexation of Texas). How the territories were to be organized - whether open to slavery or not - became a burning issue. The territorial issue was intensified at the end of the decade, by California's growth (aided immensely by the Gold Rush) and the issue of building a transcontinental railroad through the territories to link east & west.
# It created Kansas Territory. # It created Nebraska Territory. # It established the right of the settlers in those territories to make their own determination on the issue of slavery. # It made possible further westward expansion including a transcontinental railroad.
The main issue raised and addressed in The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was the issue of tolerance.