Explain the justifications for the doctrine of manifest destiny including material and idealistic motivations.

Before the civil war, the south’s economy was based on enslaved labor. large cities. immigrant workers. factories.

During the 1980s, profit from the sale of weapons to iran was used to stop the communists in costa rica. start a proxy war in el salvador. support the contras in nicaragua. stage a coup d’état in guatemala.

However the economy continued to grow because of