People have reasoning and explanation for the actions they execute throughout life. However, they also have to suffer the consequences that follow the choices made. The American Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865, but a myriad of factors exist that affected the production of the war. The cause of the American Civil War has been among the most controversial issues of this nation’s past for several years.1 On top of that, the consequences and rewards, due to the aftermath of the war, helped shape the United States into the country it is today. The motivating factors, consequences, and rewards of the American Civil War due to Manifest Destiny, immensely impacted the United States of America. By the mid-1800s, the English settlers heard …show more content…
However, within that time frame immigrants from numerous countries started to flood America. “Between 1840 and 1860, almost four and a half million immigrants arrived in the United States.”4 As immigrants continued to migrate to the United States, the northern and southern states began to dispute about slavery. “Manifest Destiny appealed to a wide spectrum of Americans and crossed party, gender, class, and racial lines.”5 The main contributing factors of the American Civil War, based upon the belief of Manifest Destiny, were the racial and slavery conflicts between the North and the South. As people of different race and ethnicity continued to arrive in the United States, Americans began to demonstrate how the American economy worked. The immigrants started to obtain jobs, depending on which part of the country they lived in influenced the amount of employment pressure the immigrants were under. “The most violent expressions of Manifest Destiny were driven by pressure from southerners and from white workingmen in the North.”6 The northerners showed the immigrants how to work hard to provide for their own families. The people from the South decided to place the immigrants, primarily African immigrants, to work on their plantations as …show more content…
It was fought between the Union, northern states, and the Confederacy, the southern states. The deadly war was started by numerous reasons, such as the belief of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God’s destiny for the United States of America included complete control of all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In the 1840s, Manifest Destiny took a violent turn. The Americans began to conduct wars with the nations that controlled the land. As they started to control more land, people from various countries began to come to the United States. With people of multiple race and ethnicities in the America, the conflict of slavery began. Slavery was one of the main contributors of the Civil War because the North and South could not agree, which of the new western states would be free or slave states. Thus sparking the American Civil War in 1861. As a result of the war, over six hundred thousand Americans died. Another consequence of the war in the South is that slavery was abolished, but that did not stop racial discrimination. African American suffered tremendous consequences after the Civil War. However, the United States also discovered the nation God destined it to be because of the Civil War. Americans began to strengthen the nation by focusing on Manifest Destiny and the economy. The contributing factors of the American Civil War, based upon the belief of Manifest Destiny,
Manifest Destiny is a term for the mentality common amid the nineteenth century time of American development that the United States could, as well as was bound to, extend across the nation. This state of mind powered western settlement, Native American evacuation and war with Mexico. Gen. Zachary Taylor needed to go to war with US. Which the name of this war is called "The Mexican War". Notwithstanding, US was not arranged for this fight and greater part of the officers of the US had political arrangements.
We notice that in the expansion to the west coast there was conflict whilst trying to obtain simple objectives driven by the motive of Manifest Destiny. This book shows the simple facts of the ideas of wanting to achieve something can lead to more aggressive outcomes which leads to a bigger effect on future events and
Due to the reaffirmation of American independence by the War of 1812 and a tenacious feeling of nationalism, the United States craved more land; therefore, after the acquisition of land from the Mexican Cession, many felt America’s Manifest Destiny had made a significant step toward complete fulfillment. The American desire to expand westward- known as Manifest Destiny- was at its height during the nineteenth century. This aspiration spurred many political debates such as the following: slavery, Native American territory, and land claims. The moral aspects of these aforementioned controversies were periodically obscure, yet more frequently were they a minor factor in political opinion. Many original ideals emerged during these debates, and
These ideas combined with the ever present belief in American exceptionalism gave rise to the concept of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the driving force behind the rapid westward expansion of the United States in the nineteenth century as it was the expression of the belief that there was a “God-given” right to to spread across the continent. (Nash, et al., 2007., p. 379)
The American Civil war was a gruesome and terrible war fought in the United States of America. When the war first started many believed it would be a small conflict that would not last very long. Little did they know many contributing factors extended the length of the war. One of these factors is external involvement and influence in the war. The reasons behind external influences and involvement in the American Civil war directly and indirectly attributed to the outcome and length of the conflict.
Douglas and Others on Causes of the Civil War The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and was a complex and multifaceted conflict with deep-rooted causes spanning several decades. At its core, the war was fought over the issue of slavery, which had become a large issue in American politics. However, slavery was just one of several issues that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Other factors included economic and social differences between the North and South, states' rights, and the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860. These factors created tensions that eventually exploded into the bloodiest conflict in American history.
Factors such as the American system, the decimation of Native Americans, the market revolution, and the Mexican war fueled the American's belief in Manifest Destiny and ensured the necessary actions to achieve it. In the first place, it is vital to
When slavery divided the United States of America into the Confederacy and the Union, there was an outbreak in wars which eventually sparked the Civil War. What Caused the Civil War? After looking at the documents and evidence given, it is clear that the Civil War was caused by slavery. The following reasons are why this is true; economics,
Sam Foust Professor Grisham HIST 157 1/18/23 Manifest Destiny was a term coined in the mid-19th century to describe the belief that it was the divine right and duty of the United States to expand its territory and spread its principles of freedom, religion, democracy, and opportunity across the entire North American continent. However, manifest destiny had lasting impacts and was not liked by all. This construct that was a huge part of Americas history is a very controversial topic with lasting benefits. There are arguments to be made for both the negative and positive side of Manifest Destiny.
Manifest Destiny Manifest destiny was the cultural belief in 19th-century America that American settlers were destined to expand throughout North America. Manifest Destiny justified expansion with a sense of mission and purpose, viewing America's expansion as inevitable and predetermined by God. US President James K. Polk was the chief who was most associated to Manifest Destiny. The ideology of Manifest Destiny influenced a variety of policies to aim at or destroy indigenous people. Manifest Destiny ignited partisan tensions over slavery that ultimately led to the Civil War.
Manifest Destiny changed the United States socially, economically and politically. It was affected socially because it became more culturally diffused; it also affected relationship with the Native Americans due to the Americans belief that they were the better race and others were inferior to them. It was affected economically because there was more land to profit off of and politically it damaged the United States and Mexico’s foreign relations. Those who believed in the manifest destiny forcefully removed Native Americans from their lands in order for the United States to gain more land. America was shifted politically, due to new tense relations with Mexico, as an effect of the Mexican
After the efforts to gain independence from Britain and the creation of the United States of America, eighty years later this union was not so united. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, it was the first time that Americans fought Americans. Among many reasons, the Civil War is known to be a result of the arguments over the delineation of the States’ Rights or the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln. In actuality, the Civil War, the most deadly war in American history, was due to disputes over slavery in the American territories. Therefore, the Civil War was inevitable because of the consequences that occurred one being slavery.
The time of Manifest Destiny was a time of true American brotherhood and comradeship. With Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk being the leading presidents of the cause during this time, it not only led to continental expansion but homicide as well. While the Americans believed they were expanding into free land, Native Americans had already settled the land centuries earlier. This led to the dark side of Manifest Destiny. Native Americans were forced to pick up their homes and resettle in areas that were less than sufficient to meet their basic needs.
The Manifest Destiny contributed to the Civil War because the expansion of new territories and states added into the United States. If the new territories were to vote in Congress for slavery and no slavery, it could be a threat for slavery in the South. ‘’many Southerners and some Northerners wanted slavery to exist everywhere in the United States, including in the new territories added to the country. Many other Americans did not want slavery to expand at all, and some people wanted slavery to be prohibited across the entire nation. Eventually these tensions would lead to the American Civil War’’ (Manifest Destiny, N/d).
Manifest Destiny was the major factor in the change of expanding North America. The United States though that they were destined to expand as it is implied in the name. While many people opposed of Manifest Destiny saying the it was a way for Americans to be selfish and take land. The toping over the issue of slavery also lurked behind Manifest Destiny. William E. Montgomery and Andres Tijerina explained how the Americans came up with a new saying “Manifest Destiny” to explain the expansion of territory.