but not limited to Texas Annexation‚ Polk‚ and Santa Anna. Manifest destiny was a growing movement for Americans to fin their national identity. The people of the United States felt it was their mission to extend the "boundaries of freedom" to others by imparting their idealism and belief in democratic institutions to those who were capable of self-government. The Texas Annexation was a 1845 incorporation of Texas into the United States after President Polk battled the republic of Mexico. On March
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In considering the process of the settlement of the West over the whole period‚ how far can the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 be seen as the key turning point? The war of 1812 was followed by a period of exploration of the West which had been greatly expanded by the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The process of expansion was huge and resulted in the original 13 states being 45 states by 1906. As well as the Louisiana Purchase‚ the Mexican-American War and the Californian Gold Rush of 1848‚ the Homestead
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such things to Mexico‚ why were they the ones to declare war on Mexico? The Mexican War began in 1846 after Mexico opened fire on Americans north of the Rio Grande‚ which happened to be the Texas-Mexico border. As a result of this event‚ President Polk declared war between the two countries‚ although‚ due to prior events‚ it seemed more reasonable for Mexico to be doing so. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because they robbed land from them‚ brought slaves into Texas
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UNIT 6 - Territorial Expansion and the Opening of the West 1815 - 1900 Readings and Learning Targets Read and annotate the following sections of chapters listed with each learning target below. Use the information in the text to write a brief answer to each learning target. Target 1 – Trace the actions taken by the government to secure the nations borders and avoid international conflicts through diplomacy during the antebellum era. Read Chapter 10 – Pages 310-313‚ 319 – 321 Chapter 14
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The Gadsden Purchase was a treaty that was signed by President Antonio de Santa Anna and James Gadsden on December 30‚ 1853. The treaty said that America agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for 29‚670 square miles of land. This all started because America and Mexico couldn’t agree where the border would be. America said the Mesilla Valley was part of their country. However‚ Mexico also said that the Mesilla Valley was part of their country. America wanted the Mesilla Valley to build a transcontinental
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NATIONALISM (Pages 219-222) Identify and describe Henry Clay and the American System John Marshall Cases: Gibbons v. Ogden Dartmouth v. Woodward McCullouch v. Maryland How did these cases boost national power? Missouri Compromise James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine AGE OF JACKSON (Pages 224-235) 1. Why did Andrew Jackson break away from the Republican Party to form the Democratic-Republican Party? 2. How did Jackson appeal to the “Common Citizen”? 3. Describe the
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The main reason‚ most Americans moved to the west was to gain wealth‚ freedom‚ and to worship what they believed (Schultz‚ 2013). There were two periods of Americans moving west the first period transpired from 1820 and 1844 and took place regardless of the governments consent. At the beginning of the settling of the west Mountain Men were responsible for the exploration and finding the safest trails and paths to traverse. These Mountain Men paved the way for the new settlers into the western region
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exceptionalism not to be confused with the ideology of americanism. American Exceptionalism: Belief that U.S.A. is historically and politicaly a completely unique nation and therefor superior to other nations (Hebel 2008) Rhethorical origins: - especially John Winthrop´s ’’A Model of Christian Charity’’ - sermon by Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop‚ who delivered on board the ship Arbella while on route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - biblical aproach - Puritan colonists are god’s ’’chosen
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Who is this subcultural group? Where are they from? Describe them. The subcultural group is The Mexican Americans‚ They are from Hidalgo‚ Hidalgo is close to mexico and 15 % of the populations of Hidalgo are Mexicans. Mexicans had a hard time to live in the country because of how judgemental people were towards them. The Mexican had many wars It was hard for the Mexican to make a decision either to stay in texas or to move back to their homeland Mexico. Mexico won their independence with Spain The
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Avatar is about a man named Jake Sully taking the place of his twin that had passed away‚ in a corporation where he has to gain access to a tribe called Na’vi on the planet of Pandora and bring back military intelligence and get this very expensive rock that laid beneath the surface of the planet. The military wanted the rock only and to take it away from them‚ but the scientist wanted otherwise. They wanted them to give up their rock in all. To bribe Jake into taking his brothers place‚ they said
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