This was known as manifest destiny. Colonists believed that is was their right and destiny to complete the westward expansion.
It was basically a the transportation of African slaves to America. This occurrance took place between the 16th and the 19th century.
In this trade slaves were sold to Western Europeans which then resold the slaves to the Americans. The first ones to engage in this "programme" where the Portuguese, who took slaves to Brazil for the first time about 26 years they arrived there in 1500.
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The election of Abraham Lincoln split the United States tremendously. With the election of Lincoln, southerners feared that their way of life was in danger. They felt that Lincoln's election would eventual result in outlawing the institution of slavery.
This fear caused southern states to take dramatic action. Roughly one month after the election of Lincoln, South Carolina seceded (left) the United States. After South Carolina, states like Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi seceded as well. Ultimately the secession of states like this resulted in the creation of the Confederate States of America, which sets the scene for the Civil War.
The Greensboro Sit-In was a critical turning point in black history and American history, bringing the fight for civil rights to the national stage. Its use of nonviolence inspired the Freedom Riders and others to take up the cause of integration in the South, furthering the cause of equal rights in the United States.
Promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
