AP U.S. History › Global Participation 1801–1848
"Have not results in Mexico taught the invincibility of American arms?...The North Americans will spread out far beyond their present bounds. They will encroach again and again upon their neighbors. New territories will be planted, declare their independence, and be annexed. We have New Mexico and California! We will have Old Mexico and Cuba! The isthmus cannot arrest--nor even the Saint Lawrence!! Time has all of this in her womb. A hundred states will grow up where now exists but thirty."
- DeBow's Commercial Review, 1848
Which of the following groups would be least likely to agree with the tone of and sentiments described within the passage?
the Californios and Native Americans who inhabited the territory
White Southern planters who desired the extension of their way of life
Western Democrats who sought to expand their influence
Urban industrialists who prioritized developing new markets
Newly arrived immigrants seeking cheap land to farm
As more white settlers moved into the region, the West's earlier inhabitants - like the Californios and Native Americans - faced losing their land and, in the case of Mexican citizens, their right to participate in government.