Flashcard sets with a 'ostend manifesto' term meaning 'the ostend manifesto was a document sent to pierre soulé the us diplomat to spain about the purchase or seizure of cuba from spain. this would bring in cuba as a state and that would screw up the balance between free and slave states. when the public heard about the document after it was leaked the north eastern wealthy elite business owners were outraged.'

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