In 1845, Americans wanted to expand the US farther to the west and began to travel that way. It was a major belief that they were destined to expand across North America, which encouraged people to start traveling west. The outcomes of the manifest destiny lead to impact on Native Americans, the big debate on slavery and the differences between the free states and slave states.
During the manifest destiny, many native americans were heavily impacted. The Americans barged into their land territory and tried to take over the land that they originally owned and lived on. As their land was invaded, many American Indians were killed due to the fact they were upset with the people taking the land they were already on. In the first source, an …show more content…
The Manifest Destiny created controversy on whether or not slavery should be allowed in the new states that were being colonized. The Northern states didn’t allow slavery and the Southern states did. The big question was whether or not slavery was going to be allowed in the Western states. In the 4th document a map is shown with the population of slaves in each state. In the northern area there are no slaves. On the other hand, the Southern states had an extremely large amount of slaves. For example, Virginia had a population of 491,000 and they were a major slave state. Texas which was a new state that was being decided on whether or not they were going to have slaves ended up having a population of 183,000. This shows that the Western states were destined to end up having states because as soon as Texas became a part of the United States, it became a slave state. Before the Manifest Destiny there had been attempts to make it clear that Northern states were free and Southern states were not. One major one was the Missouri Compromise. This compromise claimed that slavery would be prohibited north of the southern boundary of Missouri. The Manifest Destiny changed the way slavery was supposed to be. “However, the Missouri Compromise did not apply to new territories that were not part of the Louisiana Purchase, and so the issue of slavery continued to fester as the nation expanded” (Document 8). This shows that the Manifest Destiny stirred up the issue of slavery for another time. It just created more arguments on whether or not slavery was going to be allowed in these new areas. The Missouri Compromise helped at the time but with all of the new territory there were more decisions to be
During the manifest destiny, many native americans were heavily impacted. The Americans barged into their land territory and tried to take over the land that they originally owned and lived on. As their land was invaded, many American Indians were killed due to the fact they were upset with the people taking the land they were already on. In the first source, an …show more content…
The Manifest Destiny created controversy on whether or not slavery should be allowed in the new states that were being colonized. The Northern states didn’t allow slavery and the Southern states did. The big question was whether or not slavery was going to be allowed in the Western states. In the 4th document a map is shown with the population of slaves in each state. In the northern area there are no slaves. On the other hand, the Southern states had an extremely large amount of slaves. For example, Virginia had a population of 491,000 and they were a major slave state. Texas which was a new state that was being decided on whether or not they were going to have slaves ended up having a population of 183,000. This shows that the Western states were destined to end up having states because as soon as Texas became a part of the United States, it became a slave state. Before the Manifest Destiny there had been attempts to make it clear that Northern states were free and Southern states were not. One major one was the Missouri Compromise. This compromise claimed that slavery would be prohibited north of the southern boundary of Missouri. The Manifest Destiny changed the way slavery was supposed to be. “However, the Missouri Compromise did not apply to new territories that were not part of the Louisiana Purchase, and so the issue of slavery continued to fester as the nation expanded” (Document 8). This shows that the Manifest Destiny stirred up the issue of slavery for another time. It just created more arguments on whether or not slavery was going to be allowed in these new areas. The Missouri Compromise helped at the time but with all of the new territory there were more decisions to be