Capitalism makes money off the labor of many, for the benefit of the few.
A communist viewpoint and still an ongoing criticism.
An increase in military spending is most likely caused by war, or multiple wars, or incoming wars, or similar.
The corrupt bargain created more public opposition to John Q. Adams and added fuel to the political fever for Andrew Jackson.
Manifest Destiny basically mean, "EVERYONE MOVE TO THE WEST NOW!" But with no slaves, how would they create farms to maintain themselves? Easy: expand slavery. However, this was battled against by several sources to create the Compromise of 1850. The compromise delayed the Civil War, despite politicians knowing it will eventually happen. It bought them time-- that was important! Other new states like Nebraska and Kansas were allowed to allow slavery or not. This eventually grew to where the North had no slavery and the South did, which lead to the Civil War.
