The political issues that caused the most division in Washington, DC, as the United States moved westward in the 19th century, was whether each new state admitted to the Union would be "slave" or "free". The issue eventually resulted in the Civil War.
Explanation:
Most of the slaves held by West Africans in the late 1800s used to grow food crops. The chapter of slavery in America started in 1619 when 20 salves were brought by the The White Lion in Virgina.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, black slaves worked basically on the tobacco, rice, and indigo plantations of the southern coast, from the Maryland and Chesippe Bay colonies to Georgia in the south.
Answer:
Americans, beginning the 19th century, had an idea of "Manifest Destiny" in which they thought they were destined to expand the US to the west coast
The California territory is located near the sea. Acquiring this territory would provide America with:
- safe military defense bordered by the sea
- enough space to built ports so we can make a trading relationship with other countries
Answer:
I'd say a command economy.
Explanation:
I know a command economy tells people what to buy.
I may be wrong, if I am, I'm so sorry!
