How did the US taking western territories contribute to the Civil War?
They didn’t want to be taken and moved to other terrorties to fight those in the West. Have you ever heard of Jessie James? That was what he did. As the Pinkerton National Detective Agency set out to stop Younger Gang, they chased them to East LA where they held up for 3 months with Billy the Kid. When Lincoln sent the Confederacy to capture the Kid, they split up and Jesse took the Younger Gang to San Francisco. This caused the troops to span out across most of California. The locals of California were hostile to this takeover as plantations were not native to the area. One big proponent was David Crockett since he tried to make the locals understand what was at stake but since Lincoln was tied up with Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg he could not send more troops to help. He was summarily dismissed as a kook when he visited the ridge with the news. As the Army of the Cumberland moved ever closer to Chickamauga many at Ft. Bragg became restless and ignored their General’s ord
