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Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Gadsden Purchase was a unneeded use of good money. We spent a lot of useful money, again, that could have gone to things that were so much more needed.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

This purchase gave us more land that was perfect for railroads which helped us industrialize even more (helped the economy in the long run)
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the flat land was good use to plant crops so it helped get more money by being able to sell the crops to make more money
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The thing is is that the reason why we bought the land was because to improve transportation, which meant the construction of the southern transcontinental railroads.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Louisiana Purchase was only for America to get more land because Jefferson thought wanted Americans to farm and make there own food and things they needed
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

I don't think the Adams-Onis treaty was fair because Spain was forced to sell Florida.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

with the mexican-american war, it was just a waste of time and lives. It didnt need to go as far as it did, you shouldnt be greedy for land enough to kill someone
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Adams-Onis treaty- Much like the Louisiana Purchase was an excuse to spend money, we didn't need that land, we already had enough land and there was no reason for us to buy yet another piece of land from the Spanish.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Mexican-American War - No because the U.S. had already gained Texas but they U.S. got greedy and wanted even more land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The 54-40 or Fight thing was just us being greedy and we should have never tried to start a war over some land that wasn't ours.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Texas was a piece of land that we didn't need to add to the US at that time. It just added another slave state to the union and helped keep slavery alive a lot longer than it should have.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Gadsden purchase was unnecessary as the amount of land was small and was only used to make railroads. The money used to buy this could have been used for self improvement
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

There was no point in the United States forming the Adams-Onis treaty to acquire Florida. What benefit would Florida have to the united States economy as a whole? The US is just obsessed with buying land and expanding when it is not necessary.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

adams-onis treaty was rude because it made spain sell flordia. They didnt want to sell but americans attacked them for the land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Texas Revolution was wrong, because one cannot just waltz into someone's country, and live there without abiding by their rules. Thats like a child living under their parents roof, without respecting their authority. It's disrespectful and should not be tolerated.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Mexican-American War was something that was so uncalled for. We fought over land that was clearly never ours and we created conflict that never needed to be started.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Louisiana Purchase- No because the U.S. didn't want to buy Louisiana but Jefferson went right on and bought it anyway.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Jefferson was only trying to help the southern farmers with their profits. He wanted to increase agricultural production. He thought that if he bought the land it would increase their food supply and other needs that they could find there.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

He did that because he known that it would've been good for the country, he known that it was going to indeed help to expand the land bigger than what it already was.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The belief of Manifest Destiny should never gotten off the ground. People just wanted an excuse to be a dominant power and they were blinded by greed. We could have saved so much money and so many lives if we would have just stayed where we were.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Gadsden Purchase was flat land and you couldn't even farm on it so i think that america bought it just to have it
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

the war cost a lot of peoples live, why let people die over land ?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

No one really knew what was out west when they left, or were forced to leave. They went on a death mission anyway. why start a war and loose more lives?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Adams-Onis Treaty was another unnecessary way to spend money.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

President Polk wanted to expand so he did. it was not unnecessary it was a good thing because it made the united states bigger
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Annexing Texas to the United States was very dangerous, it put the US citizens in harm. Mexico threatened that if the United States annexed Texas then they would go to war, putting the lives of the people along the boarder in danger and the people who were fighting in the war.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

54-40 or Fight- no because the Oregon Territory was not that big and we didn't have to go to war.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Adams - Onis Treaty wasn't something that we should have been too worried about. The territory of Florida shouldn't have been apart of our concern because of the fact of how many slave states we already had and the amount of money we had already spent on land.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Texas Annexation was when Americans came in Mexican land and then wanted to take over and separate taxes from Mexico
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Manifest Destiny was a dream, plain and simple. There wasn't anything that could have come from a dream from someone who just thought America should go on to turn into something much bigger.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Texas annexation was uncalled for because we started beef with Mexico for a land that we didn't need.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

it started some things with mexico but texas became part of the US which is a good thing.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

James K. Polk belief in Manifest Destiny was to just take over others people land and start a war with anybody that got in his way.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Texas annexation was not needed, Furthermore the Mexicans made laws and supported abolition and when people didn't like this they went against their wishes when they gave them free/cheap land they revolted just because Mexico didn't allow slavery
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Adams-onis treaty was when France sold Florida to US. The US don’t really need the land they just bought it and I think its a waste of money
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Gadsden purchase- if we want to get land we should have got big land instead of small portion of land to build railroads.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The war was not Polks doing, there was disputes and threats of war before he took office
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Texas Annexation- no because if Texas wanted to become part of the U.S. then they shouldn't have been an independent republic for 10 years.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

it takes time to put a area of land into the union im sure they were just waiting so they could be put in the union properly properly
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Adams-Onis Treaty- no because Spain sold land to us for a reason. The land was bad for Spain's economy.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Manifest Destiny- no because the U.S. could have expanded to the west without harming people.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The adams -Onis treaty was yet another unnecessary use of money, as we bought more land from the spanish that they were forced to sell
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

I believe that you United States should not have expanded because that took land that did not belong to them. The United States started a war with Mexico causing many people to die.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Well the people believed that that was what God planned and what was best for the United States.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

People just used that as an excuse for starting the war because they wanted to make it seem as if it was okay to start the war.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

yes, exactly. they believed it was good the americans. they needed more land so they took it. its not like they stole all the land. there were still places for the people to go
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

That was just an outright lie and excuse to trick people into actually wanting the move out west
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

just because you believe something doesn't mean its right.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

They didn't take all the land. They purchased some of it through purchases like the Louisiana purchase and the Adams-onis treaty.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

We did not just take their land, we either acquired it or bought it. The people of Mexico fired at us first.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Mexico also fought back. We had long had issues with Mexico and they weren't willing to compromise. They were about as set in their ways as we were.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

But it was our fought because we put troops on land that still disputed so anybody had a right to fight
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

we gave Mexico a good price for the land we wanted and they said no so we put troops on the border and a war started
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The United States had no right to even send troops to the boarder because Mexico said no. I was their land and if they did not want to sell it to us then we should have just let it be.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I think that the U.S. would've had a war with Mexico anyways, because they would've have eventually wanted to gain land from the U.S, which would have cause the same war. It's not that it wasn't the right thing to do at the time, but it probably would've happened later, if not for territory for something else.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

they did not steal all of the land. like in the louisiana purchase, they paid for it. it was fair
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

We didnt steal land in the louisiana purchase Jefferson bought the land
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The mexican-american war wasn't nesassary because if Polk wasnt elected it would have never happen and it was just took out of proportion.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The mexican-american war wasn't polks fault. The tension over disputed land might have lead to a war without polk being involved.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

James Polk had goals for the U.S. and he actually went through with what he had promised. Polk was only trying to better the U.S. by helping us gain more land. He gave us the push we needed.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

He gave us the push we needed by taking over people land and killing them
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

But we wouldn't have killed anybody if they would have just agreed to let us buy the land. It was in both of our interests and we could have used the land better. The Mexican-american war isn't the only thing that president Polk brought to us. Polk was a president who actually followed through with what he had promised. He wouldn't have done those things if he didn't feel that it was completely necessary.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

It wasn't necessarily one president's fault. Mexico had land that America wanted to acquire and we were willing to do whatever it took to acquire it. We did it fairly, and Mexico fired at us first. Even if Polk wasn't president at the time and someone else was, they would have made the same decision.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Polk has goals for the US and they were expansion. Any other president could have made that decision just as easily, and the war came from tension around land disputes, and Americans moving into the land and not following their rules. We decided to push around the borders and expand peacefully until we were attacked by Mexican soldiers. That was just a perfect excuse to start a war and take land that we needed.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Yes but the ways we went about expanding the us werent fair and put the us under extreme tension
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The US at all times is under "extreme tension" because of debt and our other war problems so saying just this one incident put the US under all the tension is a false statement
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

What was causing extreme tension? The fact that most of the people as American Citizens believed in Manifest Destiny and WANTED to move out westward?
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Mexican- American wasn't caused by Polk it was caused by Mexico not wanting people to settle in the Republic of Texas.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

You cant blame him for everything there were already issues going on with the Hispanics in Mexico he was set up to fail because of problems that were caused over the years
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The war wasn't Polk's fault. Whenever something bad happens, people blame the president at the time. Mexico started the war, not Polk.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The war wasn't Polk's fault, especially since Mexico fired the first shot. Polk wanted land that he thought his country needed in order to successfully keep growing and expanding. Any president in the same situation as Polk would have made the same decision.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Just because something bad in your opinion happens, doesn't mean it's the President's fault. He's just the scapegoat people use. Mexico started the war with us, not the other way around.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Not true. Mexico possibly would of ended up starting war with us.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

I don't think it was necessary to buy that land in Gadsden Purchase because it was pretty much useless because you could only use it for railroads.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

This helped people get around. So it wasn't useless at all.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

the railroads helped us move thing faster and get thing places faster
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

I agree that small amount of land did not have hardly any affect what so ever to benefit the United States. The U.S. just bought the land because they were being greedy.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

It was purchased to build a railroad. Railroads basically built the nation we have today.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The railroads were not useless they helped transportation become easier and faster.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

people needed a way of transportation and you cant build railroads without land. it was very necessary
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

The Mexican American War- was an unnecessary loss of life that was completely avoidable. Had we not expanded we wouldn't have even been in that area to get in the altercation we got into.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

People lost lives but american lives got better. We wanted to expand peacefully but Mexico did not want to cooperate so it resulted in a war.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I think that Mexico was just thinking they can take over Texas which was already inhabited by some Americans and then they go in their and basically slaughter 300 people that were just trying to survive in the Alamo.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

but we needed land to build railroads and for people to live on. yes, mexico was upset but in the end it was a good thing
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

We at least tried to be peaceful and buy the land but Mexico refused to sell to us. They fired the first shot instead of trying to re-negotiate. If we hadn't expanded then think about all the people that wouldn't have jobs because their career was not offered in the small amount of land America first had.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: No

Well since Manifest Destiny is an illusion, in this case used only to justify nearly destroying the American Indians -- NO. The Mexicans had just ten years earlier, killed Davie Crockett ----- so they got what they deserved.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

I wouldn't say that the Mexicans got what they deserved, after all we did provoke them, resulting in the dispute, however i do agree with your argument, up until that point.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

Davie Crockett was killed in the Alamo which happened in the Mexican- American war which was part of Manifest Destiny so that doesn't really make sense.
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

The Manifest Destiny is the belief that is was God's will to expand to the west of us, not nearly destroying the Native Americans. And we did NOT fight the Mexicans over Davie Crockett being killed in the Alamo, we fought them over land and territory, after we had a scuffle between Mexican and American soldiers around their borders
Debate: Should Americans have bought into Manifest Destiny?
Side: Yes

That's true. The idea that just because of one man's death that we went to war with a nation is not correct. We went to war over land disputes and we got what was rightfully ours.
Debate: Should America ban the death penalty?
Side: Let 'em live

First off, let me just say that I believe in the death penalty 100%. I think it is philosophically and morally justified to execute anyone who has murdered another human being. There are few mitigating circumstances that excuse this behavior. When someone does something wrong, they have to make up for it completely. If a person take a life, the only way to make up for it is to forfeit theirs. However, we have one major problem: application. People have, and will, be executed even though they are innocent of the crime. We may never know, 100%, if someone has or has not committed the crime of murder. There is no way to make up for the mistake, there is no way to bring a person back to life. Unless we can come up with a system that almost always guarantees a fair trial with a correct verdict, I don't think it is right to put innocent people at risk. Right now, though, I am not convinced that our system is accurate enough to make me comfortable with execution. If we could get it to 90-99% accuracy, I would be fine. But it looks abit more like 60-70% accuracy at this point.
Debate: Should America ban the death penalty?
Side: Let 'em live

Also, it's actually more expensive to execute someone in the United States than to support them for the rest of their life- it's ridiculously impractical, and why waste more resources?
Debate: Should America ban the death penalty?
Side: Let 'em live

Coming from New Zealand, another proud democratic country like america,we choose to give up the death penalty some fifty years ago, yet our murder rate is somewhat lower than the USA.Other democracys such as australia and britain have significantly lower rates per capita/head of population than USA. Obviously the system is flawed,perhaps the problem lies with gun control, the lack theirin?
Debate: Should America ban the death penalty?
Side: Hang 'em high!

There are many things that contribute to New Zealand's lower murder rate, but gun control isn't one of them. Most people in the United States who use guns for violence don't buy them, legally from their local sporting goods shop. The buy them "under the table" so to speak. The core of the issue is violent people, not the tools that violent people use. When people are driven enough to commit acts of violence, they seldom care about the legality of their weapons. As for the death penalty's ineffectiveness in the United States, I would attribute it to the fact that it is not done enough, and it's always carried out away from the public eye. Most criminals are not terribly afraid of the justice system in the United States because it usually isn't as hard on them as their own life of crime. More frequent executions may very easily resolve that.
Debate: Should America ban the death penalty?
Side: Hang 'em high!

Okay on the topic of gun control... five or ten or fifteen more laws are not going to stop some one from shooting some one else. And plus if you take away the Second Ammendment to the Constitution or restrict it the only ones with guns are going to be the people who happen to have already bought theirs on the black market and have no conscience in shooting people.... and the people that have no conscience about killing some one in cold blood should also be killed