How did the concept of Manifest Destiny impact the growth and westward expansion of slavery during the 19th Century? Remember to include details about the Northwest Ordinance, the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. How did these and other events (the election of Abraham Lincoln) lead to conflict and the Civil War?

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How did the concept of Manifest Destiny impact the growth and westward expansion of slavery during the 19th Century? Remember to include details about the Northwest Ordinance, the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. How did these and other events (the election of Abraham Lincoln) lead to conflict and the Civil War?

 
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Manifest Destiny was a philosophical idea or belief held by Americans, especially by the Anglo-Saxons. It was a belief in racial and cultural superiority. The term was coined by a 19th-century journalist named John O'Sullivan. 

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