How and why did America expand to the South and West in the years right before and right after the Civil War? To what extent did slavery 

How and why did America expand to the South and West in the years right before and right after the Civil War? To what extent did slavery 

How and why did America expand to the South and West in the years right before and right after the Civil War? 

To what extent did slavery influence the push for expansionism?  Why did the Mexican-American war happen; and how did the power of slaveowners drive and influence this war? 

How did the frontier myth shape the idea of freedom in the “Wild West” after the Civil War? 

To what extent did those who moved west right before and after the Civil War actually find freedom? 

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