Why did Secretary of State William Seward and other Americans want to make America an empire with lands around the world?

for your : )

answer placeholder because the system is messed up

b. the passage of the equal rights amendment  

explanation:

this mean that anything that someone else could do they could do

the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.