Yuta Ogawa Segal‚ Samantha US History I Honors May 17‚ 2010 Westward Expansion DBQ Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States of America had the destiny of expanding across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This terms meaning has changed and been misused over the years. It was used as a justification for the Mexican War‚ and eventually was led to believe that it was to expand slavery. The main purpose of Manifest Destiny was not to expand the institution of slavery
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It is no secret that Polk won the election largely because of his radical expansionist views. Shortly after Polk’s win‚ he sent a few representatives to protect the border of Texas and bargain for the land‚ not long after Congress passed Texas to become a state. Due to the men "protecting" the border of Texas‚ Mexico became angry and refused to accept Polk’s compromise‚ offering only a partial recognition. Polk declined‚ and American troops proceeded to the Rio Grande. Polk later claimed that the
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Was America justified in going to war with Mexico? This question is hard to answer as there were many reasons on both sides of the argument. However‚ in my opinion‚ the answer would be no. The Americans violated Mexican laws. How? According to Document D‚ American slaveholders crossed the Sabine River‚ which borders Louisiana and Texas‚ into Texas. This was an act of defiance against the Mexican mandate of freedom. In Mexico‚ owning slaves were not allowed. Also‚ when rebellion started‚ so did territorial
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economically? The Mexican-American War took place from 1846 to 1848 and was the first war that the United States had fought mainly on foreign land. It was caused by the United States’ policy of Manifest Destiny‚ where the American citizens and President James Polk wanted to expand their nation by annexing Texas in 1845 and disputing that Texas ended at the Rio Grande while Mexico claimed that it stopped at the Nueces River. This war‚ in which the United States came out victorious‚ resulted in the United States
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Final Essay Prompt Daniel Walker Howe; author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America‚ 1815–1848‚ an American historian who dedicated his works would more directly pinpoint the early historical periods of U.S. history’s intelligence and religious pursuits. Howe sought his time to write such piece of work on the United States history through its intellectual‚ religious‚ social‚ and political standpoints at the time when America’s founders were handing the leadership of the nation
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Chap 14-The Territorial expansion of the United States A. Community: Texans&TEJAOS “Remember the Alamo.” 1. 1836‚ Santa Anna(President of Mexico) came to subdue Texas-1‚500 Mexican died‚& Texas defenders(failed)- “remember the Alamo” eventually forced Santa Anna to recognize Texas independence. 2. Tejanos(S. Texans)-favored A. Settlers for their economic plan-authorized A. Colonies w/in Texas(central/ east)-attracted ppl from Miss. Valley-introduced slavery&cotton-Tejanos‚ both wealthy rancheros&poor
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Was the Mexican War justified? As Americans‚ we might not view America as a bully‚ but during arguments with Mexico during The mid 1800’s‚ Americans obviously pushed around the Mexicans. In 1821‚ Mexico gained its freedom from Spain. The young nation was about the same size as the United States‚ and the U.S. government immediately developed a lust for Mexico’s land. Arguments arose‚ leading to the Mexican-American war. Like most wars‚ it had its supporters and critics. Looking back at the
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had decided to go to war because the belief to fulfill Manifest Destiny‚ it needs to protect it’s borders‚ and because Texas now belongs to America. America is ready for the war drums to commence. The war with Mexico was in 1846 to 1848 at Texas. Polk was just elected president and had some ideas of what he wanted to do; he wanted to go to war with Mexico. There were many events that lead up to it but the main ones were that Mexico was trying to take back Texas‚ Mexico was invading America‚ and
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IX. Polk the Purposeful Polk laid out a 4-point mission for himself and the nation (then achieved all 4 points in 4 years) Lower the tariff Restore the independent treasury (put U.S. money into non-government banks) Clear up the Oregon border issue Get California One of Polk’s acts was to lower the tariff‚ and his secretary of the treasury‚ Robert J. Walker‚ did so‚ lowering the tariff from 32% to 25% despite complaints by the industrialists. Despite warnings of doom‚ the new tariff was
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was both of these definitions. It was justified. In 1836‚ Texas had won it’s independence and had become apart of America. Mexico had attacked U.S. soldiers on Texas territory. Polk became president. He believed in Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted America to spread across the continent. Polk wanted to fulfill that destiny and get Texas and California. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because they believed in Manifest Destiny‚ Texas was already
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