US History › Section F · Westward expansion and the cotton South › Topic F.9
Filibusters and the push for new slave states
Even after the Mexican Cession, many slaveholders wanted more land for slavery, and they looked south: to Cuba, Mexico and Central America. When diplomacy failed, private armies called filibusters tried to seize territory by force, and the attempts widened the gulf between North and South.
In this topic
- Why the South looked south
- What a filibuster was
- Worked example: why Cuba?
- Narciso López and the Cuban expeditions
- The Ostend Manifesto
- Worked example: reading the Ostend Manifesto
- William Walker in Nicaragua
- Walker's downfall
- Other routes to expansion
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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