Map: Size of Slaveholdings, 1860

-The trend shown in the map was most encouraged by

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Map: Size of Slaveholdings, 1860
 
-The trend shown in the map was most encouraged by

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Manifest destiny was a widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America. This ideology encouraged westward expansion, territorial acquisition, and the belief in the inherent right of the United States to expand its territory and influence.