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they had pretty much armed soldiers around so people wouldn't treat African Americans bad but it didn't work
Archaeologists and Anthropologists
It increased the size of the United States because it was based on the idea that America was destined by God to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in other words, it encouraged many to expand west.
hope this helps i actually just learned about this in class :)
