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...ountains]]. In addition to the imperative to expand that became known as [[Manifest Destiny]], the United States wanted to acquire Florida both to provide free commerc

* Nevins, Allan. ''Ordeal of the Union'' 8-volume (1947-1971). 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party

* Morrison, Michael A. ''Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War.'' U. of North Carolina Press, 1997. [http

* Nevins, Allan. ''The Ordeal of the Union'' (1947) ''vol 1: Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; vol 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857''. highly detailed narrative

...aroline'' affair. See Howard Jones and Donald A. Rakestraw, ''Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s'' (1997). Jones (1977) disproves old

* [[Manifest Destiny]]

* [[Manifest Destiny]]

** 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party * Morrison, Michael. ''Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War'' (1997)

...e care of themselves".<ref> Allan Nevins, ''Ordeal of the Union: Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847-1852,'' 1:155</ref> Jefferson Davis,calling on the traditions of [[Re ...aged to the exclusion of nearly all other topics."<ref>Nevins, ''Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852'', page 163</ref> Lincoln said in 1860, "this question of Slaver

* 1845 - Polk Doctrine, [[Manifest Destiny]].

...ited States of America]] experienced growing pains and began to speak of [[Manifest Destiny]], Virginia, too, found its role in the young republic to be changing and c

...ritories. Northerners and Southerners, in effect, were coming to define "[[Manifest Destiny]]" in different ways, undermining nationalism as a unifying force.