To review decisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts.
The U.S. government openly stated that they would view any European interference in Latin America as "an act of aggression". This mentality was articulated in the famous "Monroe Doctrine".
The correct answer is increasing sectionalism.
During the early to mid 19th century, the American economy was developing in very different ways. For example, the Northern states were becoming more industrialized and focused significantly on the production of manufactured goods. On the other hand, Southern states still relied heavily on slave labor to grow cash crops (especially cotton). This was vastly different than the North, as slavery had been outlawed in many of these states.
The issue of slavery, it's existence, and its extension into new territories in the west caused significant problems between Northern and Southern states. This was especially true when Northern and Southern politicians meet in Congress to discuss these issues.
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People where I was living told me they didn’t even know about it. No, I wasn’t alive during the Spanish American War, but had great-grandparents, uncles and aunts who were. In that time period, there was no radio, television or internet. Newspapers and magazines were luxuries. The primary mail was the occasional delivery of the Sears “wish book.” So the war had come and gone before most people in the US even knew it existed. It was primarily a war for, by and of the elites on the East and West Coast.
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