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The Ostend Manifesto, also known as the Ostend Circular, was a document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused. Cuba's annexation had long been a goal of U.S. slaveholding expansionists.
Ostend Manifesto, (October 18, 1854), communication from three U.S. diplomats to Secretary of State William L. Marcy, advocating U.S. seizure of Cuba from Spain. The incident marked the high point of the U.S. expansionist drive in the Caribbean in the 1850s.
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Apr 15, 2019 · The Ostend Manifesto was a document written by three American diplomats stationed in Europe in 1854 which advocated for the U.S. government to acquire the island of Cuba through either purchase or force.
May 14, 2018 · OSTEND MANIFESTO. Southern desires to expand slave territory led to this foreign policy debacle in 1854. Even though U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War, 1846–1848, annexed California and the Southwest to the nation, it brought little prospect for new slave territory.
May 26, 2022 · What did the authors of this manifesto hope to achieve? What strategic reasons did they offer for acquiring Cuba? Why had Cuba “become . . . an unceasing danger” to the United States?
THE OSTEND MANIFESTO. Aix-la-Chapelle, October 15, 1854. Sir: The undersigned, in compliance with the wish expressed by the President in the several confidential dispatches you have addressed to us, respectively, to that effect, have met in conference, first at Ostend, in Belgium, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th instants, and then at Aix-la-Chapelle ...
Nov 21, 2023 · The Ostend Manifesto definition is a document written by three United States (U.S.) ambassadors in 1854 that recommended President Pierce invade the island of Cuba. The...
