I didn't realize that southerners wanted to annex Cuba to extend Manifest Destiny. I thought Manifest Destiny was just to expand to the west. A question I had was, Why did the Polk go to war against Mexico to expand west, but not with Britan to expand north? Was it because he saw Mexico had more land for the taking and was less of a threat?
The other thing that I didn't know was that transporting slaves through free territory or states was an issue.
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I didn't know about the annexation of Cuba plan either. In fact, there have been many things that I vaguely recall from high school A.P. classes, but haven't ever studied in detail. I also had no idea that the word 'filibusters' came from the Spanish word for pirate. I found this whole part of the book full of new information for me and by extension my classes in the future.
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