Many Americans supported imperialism because it was a chance to gain control of another country resources. Also, it was extending our power through military force. <span>https://courses.lumenlearning.com/.../chapter/american-imperialism </span>
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France and Britain had land claims on the Mississippi
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The Free Soil candidates won 10% of the popular vote in 1848 but no electoral votes, in part because the nomination of Van Buren discouraged many anti-slavery Whigs from supporting them. ... The Compromise of 1850 temporarily neutralized the issue of slavery and undercut the party's no-compromise position.