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    The American Civil War

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    Background to the War After the War of Independence the United States of America was governed by the Articles of Confederation. This provided for a weak central government and strong state governments. However‚ it proved unworkable and a new Constitution was adopted that resulted in a stronger Federal government with powers which included regulating interstate commerce as well as foreign affairs.  The different states had varying policies concerning slavery. In some areas of the country where religious

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    Mexican American War

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    The Mexican-American War was driven by the idea of "Manifest Destiny" (Which is the belief that America had a God-given right to expand the country’s borders from sea to sea) This belief would eventually cause a great deal of suffering for many Mexicans‚ Native Americans and United States citizens. Following the earlier Texas War of Independence from Mexico‚ tensions between the two largest independent nations on the North American continent grew as Texas eventually became a U.S. state. Disputes

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    The Spanish-American War

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    The Spanish-American war was a conflict between the United States and Spain over the independence of Cuba. This was a huge change for the United States in the matter of foreign affairs. The United States had previously stayed in a state of isolationism which is when a country does not involve its self in other counties affairs unless it directly involves them. President Roosevelt did not want for the United States to stay like that so he started to involve the United States in other countries affairs

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    The American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War was a very important war. This war allowed the English colonies to gain independence from the country Britain. The war established an independent country which is now called the United States of America. Events leading to the war helped our nation form a new government ‚ a new army‚ and the idea that if a government did not serve the people well‚ then that government could be put away and a new government

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    The American people were for the Mexican American war because they felt that they needed the land from Mexico‚ Texas had already gotten independence and because they wanted to achieve Manifest Destiny. When Texas had gained independence it started some border disputes between Mexico and America. The war occurred in 1846 and lasted through 1848. The war was about a border dispute between America and Mexico. America wanted New Mexico and California and a few other states‚ but Mexico refused to give

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    Mexican American war

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    The Mexican American War Ramon Sanchez History MO4 T/Th 11:30-12:45 October 8‚ 2013 The Mexican American War (1846-1848) defined how both the United States and Mexico look on a map today. This war‚ even though not really talked about nor is a popular war‚ made it possible for a lot of us living in the southwest of the United States today to be part of this country instead of being part of what would have been Mexico. The Mexican American War has so many important events but

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    Mexican American War

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    Tennessee Democrat‚ named James K. Polk. He wrote a‚ “War Message‚” to Congress‚ convincing the U.S. to go to war with Mexico and although he provides‚ what seems to be‚ great reasoning‚ his intentions may not be completely authentic. According to George Perkins Marsh ’s‚ a Whig from Vermont‚ speech on the Mexican War‚ he describes how Polk deceived an entire nation into pursuing a war based on his own moral beliefs. Based on events that led up to the war‚ as well as excerpts taken from both of their speeches/messages

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    The Spanish-American War

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    would find itself involved in what John Jay‚ the American secretary of state‚ later referred to as a "splendid little war; begun with highest motives‚ carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit‚ favored by that fortune which loves the brave." From an American standpoint‚ because there were few negative results‚ and so many significantly positive consequences‚ John Jay was correct in calling the Spanish-American War a "splendid little war." The defeat of the Spanish forces marked the end

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    progressive historians is Frederick Jackson Turner. His most famous argument is not devoted strictly to the American Revolution‚ but instead to the effects of the American frontier. In a sentence‚ his argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history. This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did. Even in his seminal work‚ The Frontier in American History‚ there are discussions of the frontier’’s effect on the coming of the revolution. It is worth noting

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    Spanish American War

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    The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained

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