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Us Expansion
... Darwinism and the powerful belief by many that Anglo-Saxons should be the supreme race. The belief that God wants a supreme ... Roosevelt Corollary told the foreign countries that the Western Hemisphere is sill closed and that if any country should violate ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Thomas Jefferson: Hypocrite or patriot? Further: Was the purchase of the Louisiana Territory an act that went back on all of Jefferson's beliefs?
... his beliefs aligned parallel to those of the people, for whom he worked tirelessly. He deserves praise as a man that put ... decision to purchase Louisiana, Jefferson reached an important conclusion, one that would define his presidency for years to come: the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Freedom, and equality in the United States, it's roots, causes, and the pursuit of equality in the American culture.
... only under constant vigilance, willing self sacrifice, and the belief that these qualities that we seek are indeed gifts from a Creator, ... ? To assert that our rights to freedom, and equal treatment under the law was based on the belief that these intrinsic ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Causes for the American Revolution: From Baby Steps to Strides
... to reveal the pieces. The Enlightenment was characterized by the belief that the world was a logical, orderly place. The mood had ... led to the thought that people ultimately control their own fate. This, blended with the belief in manifest destiny, led ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
This is an essay about the annexation of western lands during the 1800s. It includes annexation of Texas, Oregon and western lands of Mexico.
... belief, Americans demanded control of Oregon and the Mexican territory (New York Morning News, p 134). There were negative feelings in Texas, due to the belief that ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
What new challenges did the rise of big business and the Robber Barons pose to established American beliefs, practices and values between 1850 and 1900?
... beliefs were instilled into them. However, many of the businessmen that were making the most money had attended college, and through that ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Manifest Destiny and its negative effect on the Native American populations, esp. CA Indians (Cupenos and Nez Perce) and their placement upon reservations.
... is defined as "a belief that it was God's will that Americans spread over the entire continent, and to control and populate ... The dark side of Manifest Destiny revealed the white man's belief that his settlement of the land and civilization of its native ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents
Martin Luther Kings Jr. and Malcolm X
... belief that equality is impossible because whites have no moral conscience. King basically adopted on an integrationalist philosophy, whereby he felt that ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
First Half of US History
... system. It also described the belief that the Pilgrims had made a covenant w/God, which meant that they had to create a ... that the new nat'l gov't set about "civilizing" them. The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act (1793) codified that belief by promising that ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
President Andrew Jackson As "Common" as they Get.
... had the belief that the Indians were primitive peoples that were blocking the westward movement of "civilization". The decision was made that the ... his beloved average America ns. The last of his beliefs that Jackson instated in the America n country was the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents