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Popular
images of the Mexican War captured a national sense of "Manifest Destiny"
to control the continent. The results, however, divided the nation
along sectional lines as northerners and southerners argued over the
extension of slavery into the newly acquired territories. The Boston Times said that an American victory "must necessarily be a great blessing," because it would bring "peace into a land where the sword has always been the sole arbiter between factions" and would introduce "the reign of law where license has existed for a generation." To learn more about war fever and anti-war protests, read a chapter in our online textbook. |
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The
Battle of Sacramento,
lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, 1847 Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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