History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1711 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Expansionist Goal
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The idea
Southern expansionists had backed the Louisiana Purchase, Native American removal, Texas annexation and the Mexican-American War.
In practice
Proslavery expansionists seeking to repeat Texas by taking Cuba and other territory.
Where people slip
The anchor gives their aim as enlarging the American empire of slavery, which is their framing rather than a later characterisation.
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