In 1818, Andrew Jackson went into Spanish controlled Florida and took over Pensacola under the guise that it was to protect American's from Seminole attacks, and not for land acquisition, however, in 1819 Spain would give Florida to America with the Adams-Onis Treaty. The United States' borders would later be in dispute again in the Spanish American War with Mexico, shortly after Mexico gains their independence. Before the Spanish American War, there was the Indian Removal Act which was was a major impact on Native Americans and the United States' Manifest Destiny. ... This boun...

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The end of the Civil War marked this transition from a more agricultural nation to an industrialized one. ... The final major event of any diplomatic relations in this era was the Spanish-American War. ... The Spanish-American War is more a result of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence. After intervening between Cuban and Spanish conflict, the U.S. was then dragged into the Philippine Revolution which incited the Philippine–American War. An unexpected yet extremely important part of the post-Civil War transformation was the environmental changes with which the co...

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Emancipation and Reconstruction Michael Perman, a renowned historian and professor of Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago has written many famous books on American history, "The Coming of the American Civil War" and award winning "Road to Redemption" has gained immense popularity and scholarly attention. ... In the initial years of America, the country faced many diverse challenges, of establishing new colonies, resistance from native Indians, Mexico Spanish wars and inter-state conflicts. ... The war left far reaching consequences, and although the Unionists won the war a...

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From the early years of the century until the Civil War, policy debates centered on extending our North American borders. ... For the sake of expansionism, the Americans risked their lives and their safety in wars. ... From the end of the Civil War to the early 20th century, the indifference of most Americans to the outside world was almost unbelievable. ... The willingness of Americans to risk war over such distant and minor disputes demonstrated the aggressive new national mood. ... The acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands, our entry into the Spanish-American War and the resultant debate ...

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On the other hand, before the Mexican-American War, citizens of Mexico were previously living on land that is now part of the United States. ... Mexico relinquished California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming to the United States after being defeated in the Mexican-American War. This war led to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. ... Board of Education case that halted the segregation between White American and Mexican American schoolchildren. ... This was to the advantage of Mexican Americans who only spoke Spanish. ...

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However, in 1876 after several brutal wars, the Sioux, Cheyennes, Arapahos, Kiowas, and Comanches complied to move to certain areas where whites were prohibited (Greenberg 33). ... Polk in the war with Mexico, which started in 1846. ... After the war, filibustering, another tactic of U.S. territorial expansion, was also driven against Spanish Florida, Mexican Texas, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean Islands. ... In 1846, Jane Swisshelm, religious abolitionist and firm advocator of women's rights, published several arousing editorials in a Pittsburgh newspaper, speaking out against the Me...

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Although African American slaves were now introduced to Native American communities, they still used their own prisoners of war as slaves as well. ... Her husband was killed during a war with the Muskogees and she fell in, took his place, and finished out the war with his weapon. ... Spanish explorers brought with them an African slave and came upon a Native American tribe in their travels. ... Some of the tribes also began buying African American slaves during the Revolutionary War. The Native American slave trade was only in existence until about 1730, after the trade led to a series of d...

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