Underground+Railroad

=**__//Underground Railraod//__**= The underground railroad, a vast network of people who heled fugitives slaves escape to north ans to Canada, was not run by any single organisation or person. Rather, it cinsisted of many indivifuals - - many whites but predominently black - - who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year - - according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.

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=__//**﻿Manifest Destiny**//__= Was a term used in the 1840s to justify the United States westward expansion into such areas as Texas, Oregon, and California. There was a widely held underlying belief that Americans, the chosen people, had a divinely inspired mission to spread the fruits of their democracy to the less fortunate. It played an important role in American history. Once the concept had been given the name "Manifest Destiny" it became widely used, appearing in newspapers, debates, paintings and advertisements. It became the leading light for westward expansion.

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