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    Once wars are done treaties are signed. The Mexican American war is a war where the U.S provoke Mexico into war mainly for territorial growth which occurred when the U.S won the war. Many other things went into provoking Mexico to go to war. The U.S believed that Texas belonged to them so they tried taking over in wat‚ but were unable to. The Mexican government opened Texas to Euro Americans as long they obeyed the laws. As the number of Euro American grew in the Texas‚ they felt resentful when

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    in the Mexican-American war The Mexican-American war stared in 1821 after Mexico won its independence from Spain‚ thus allowing American settlers to move into the newly unoccupied territory. The Victorians of the war‚ were the Americans. After the war came to an end‚ Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo. In the treaty Mexico agreed to give 500‚000mi to the U.S.‚ while the united states paid Mexico $15 million. There are many different point of views towards the Mexican-American war. The

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    drastically reduced the numbers of Native American by committing the same actions. Was genocide committed against the Native Americans? Many may argue the decline of the Native American population was caused by new diseases being introduced by the Europeans to which the native tribes had no immunity. Others argue forcing the Native Americans from their homes was a necessity for the development of this new land. However‚ the thousands of Native Americans killed during the Indian Removal Act can be

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    Muslim Americans have faced a variety of different discrimination in their history with the main form of discrimination lying within the connection between Islam and terrorism. Due to the fact that there are many different cultures who fall into the Muslim group‚ there are some cultures who experience more discrimination than others. For example‚ “Arab South Asian Muslims have experienced bigotry because they are Muslim but also because of their perceived connection with whichever country the United

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    The Mexican-American War was a war between the United States and Mexico which lasted from April 1846 to February 1848. It stemmed from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim). The war was the most devastating event in Mexican history‚ where Mexico lost the modern day areas of California‚ Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ Nevada‚ Colorado and Montana. The Mexican-American spawned out of land lust

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    United States: Justified or Unjustified Mexico wanted to steal America’s land that they have won. Mexico was crossing American borders‚ and some Mexican soldiers killed sixteen Americans. Mexico crossed the line with America and the United States decided to go to war with Mexico. America has too little land for too many people‚ and America had already won Texas. Mexico denied Texas’s independence and wants Texas back. America had decided to go to war because the belief to fulfill Manifest Destiny

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    Discrimination and Ethnic Groups: Polish-Americans Understanding Polish Immigration Poland’s unique past is littered with oppression‚ servitude‚ and foreign rule over and over again. The land was fought over by many countries during the 1800’s and subsequently was annexed and divided. The primary conquerors included Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and later Germany. (Buffalo Department of Education‚). There were many smaller country’s nationals who descended upon Poland and mixed with the nationals

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    Stefano Rivolta COMM401 March 10‚ 2010 Contextual Analysis: “The Mexican-American and the Church” The impact of one single speech can essentially affect the entire world. Granted‚ there are different degrees of impact felt: those present at the speech‚ those who watched/heard the actual speech from somewhere else‚ those who heard some things about it from someone else‚ and so on and so forth. As the speaker’s message experiences a sort of ripple affect‚ it calms and becomes less and less

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    Running head: ETHNIC GROUPS AND DISCRIMINATION - SCOTTISH Ethnic Groups and Discrimination - Scottish Americans Axia College Ethnic Groups and Discrimination - Scottish Americans People from Scotland first came to the new world in the 1600s. There is some evidence of Scots coming to what is now considered America with the Vikings as slaves. This would be one of the first occurrences of mistreatment they endured (Gormley‚ 2000). Like other ethnic groups who migrated to the United States

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    were taken away from their work‚ jobs‚ and in the process of that they were deprived from their life‚ liberty‚ and property‚ without due process of law. The gov. and groups of civilians had a bias against the Issei and the Nesei based on the dislike of the population. The Japanese and Japanese Americans were loyal citizens to the US. By taking

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