The Civil War The American civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States. ... It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans, and for that reason we have always been fascinated with The Civil War. ... Following the 1819 crisis over statehood for Missouri, a national two-party system developed, and both parties worked to prevent sectional differences from becoming the focus of politics, this failed when the Mexican War gave the United States new territories. The question of whether slavery would be allowed into lands ceded by Mexico immediately became the all-...

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Some examples of this twisted ideology are the American acquisition and settlement of the Oregon country, America causing the Texan subversion of Mexico, and the war between America and Mexico. ... Texas" annexation did not satisfy American designs on Mexican territory, a lust that would eventually lead to war. ... President Polk secretly made preparations for war, positioning forces to retaliate against Mexico in case of a war. ... Polk used this as justification for war and invaded Mexico, eventually occupying Mexico City, the capital, on September 14, 1847. ... They still wanted Califor...

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During World War II, many groups of Americans, including Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Japanese Americans were mistreated during the war. During the war, in the Zoot Suit Riots, some elements of the California press had been portraying Mexican Americans as unwelcome foreigners. ... In fact, these riots took place after World War I. ... Veterans returning from war found it hard to find jobs as factories cut back or shut down. ... Throughout history, America has time and again imposed oppression on different groups of people, be it Mexican, African American, Japanese, Irish, Chin...

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Acceptance of Indians was finally given in the times of need during World War II. Indian-Americans began joining with America's armed forces, and supporting the financial crisis at home until the war ended. ... In the 1840's more European's began to migrate to California ignoring the fact that Mexicans lived there before. California was needed for the market revolution, so the Mexicans began working in ranching and agriculture. Though the Mexican's did the same work as Anglos, they received around 18 to 40 dollars less than them. ...

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Those who rejected to move later went to war with American governments, and as a result, many were killed. As for the Mexican Americans, they also fell victims to the 19th century U.S. expansionism. ... The desire of white Americans to expand the U.S. territories resulted directly into the Mexican-American War, which ended with Mexico's surrender and led to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadseden Purchase in 1853. ... According to some legal scholars, Anglos rarely distinguished between Mexicans and Mexican Americans and tended to paint an image of Mexican...

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The colonization of their new empires by Spaniards and Portuguese transformed the lives of indigenous people in ways unknown to them, destroying their cities and cultures through wars or by epidemic diseases and ruthlessly exploiting the natives as slaves. ... The gold mining in Mexico began in 1490s during early exploration of America. ... Such finds led to the civil war among the residents of certain regions and outsiders who immigrated to the region threatening and overstepping into the lands of residents they considered their own. ... Many natives who resisted the occupation of Spanish die...

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Perman has written yet another book on the aftermath of the Civil War, "Emancipation and Reconstruction, 1862-1879" focuses on the issues and literature produces on the events following the Civil War. ... 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 most traumatic event in nation's history after its independence was the Civil War (1861-65). ... The war left far reaching consequences, and although the Unionists won the war and the country remain...

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The Louisiana Purchase, the Chesapeake Affair, the Embargo Act of 1807, the Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812 were all contributing factors to the early foreign policy in America. ... Merchants were especially glad because of their new unchallenged control over the Mississippi, since their products could now reach the Gulf of Mexico much more quickly than before. ... The Napoleonic Wars in Europe had a strong effect on the United States. ... Once the war of 1812 began, Federalists began to openly oppose the war and the country became divided. ... On the other hand, the Republicans supp...

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In the North-Central Mexican city of Juarez, times are often pretty rough. Crime is decreasing as of 2016, but the percentage of violent crimes in Mexico is still higher than almost all major cities in the country to the north, the United States. ... As Virginia Isaad points out "a new study from the UNICEF says that 5 out of 10 children in Mexico live in poverty" (Isaad). ... Of course, some Mexican citizens live comfortably, but a majority would leave Mexico in a hurry for the promise of an even slightly better life somewhere else. ... Thus, with slavery eventually outlawed after the Civil W...

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The high of the imperialist dream replaced by the lows of the Great Depression, and the rise to a world super power following World War II. ... We had very recently assisted them in the fight to receive independence from the control of Spain, and we had promised them that once winning the war they would achieve independence in due time. ... Such cases as this happen in World War I and World War II. In WWI we intercepted a telegram from Germany prompting Mexico to attack us in exchange for the reclamation of land, and German u-boats torpedoed a British ocean liner full of passengers making it&#...

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Following the Revolutionary War, many tribulations arose in the newly independent thirteen colonies. ... American industry was difficult, since British citizens flooded the country with cheap goods right after the war, continuing their chain of trading posts on the U.S. soil. ... Spain, still resentful for losing the French and Indian War, closed the Mississippi River to American commerce. The Spanish colonists even claimed a large area near the Gulf of Mexico, ignorant to the fact that the area was ceded to the U.S. by Britain. ... The French even demanded the repayment of money loaned ...

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Often referred to as the Contemporary Period, the end of the Second World War until the present day represents the span of our last period of literature. ... There are works by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and so on. In the years after the defeat of Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire, a dizzying prosperity spread through the United States, while a tense, prolonged, and dangerous global Cold War against the Soviet empire and Maoist China took shape. ... Thus symbolizing what all of America desired after feeling betrayed by the war and the situatio...

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Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. ... This massacre incited brutal retaliation from proslavery forces, sweeping Kansas with civil war. "Bleeding Kansas" foreshadowed the large-scale Civil War to come in 1861. ...

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Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. ... This massacre incited brutal retaliation from proslavery forces, sweeping Kansas with civil war. "Bleeding Kansas" foreshadowed the large-scale Civil War to come in 1861. ...

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Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. ... This massacre incited brutal retaliation from proslavery forces, sweeping Kansas with civil war. "Bleeding Kansas" foreshadowed the large-scale Civil War to come in 1861. ...

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Later, as secretary of war, "Cass was to hear and dismiss charges of corruption, extortion, trespass and violence against the American Fur Company and its representatives"(Myers 1936: 103). ... Foremost among them are the Colombian, Asian, Mexican, and Jamaican crime families, which since the 1970s have organized the production, transportation and distribution within the United States of cocaine and marijuana. ...

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Long before marijuana was even known to most of the American Society, hostility towards it became evident within the next two decades because of reports that offensive minorities were using the drug; Mexicans in the Southwest, Hindus in San Francisco, Syrians in New York, urban blacks, and jazz musicians (Berendt 21). ... The drug was also prescribed for the treatment of dysentery, which was highly prevalent among Civil War soldiers, and until 1937, it was listed in the U.S. ...

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We, as Americans, learn the basics, and only few venture off to explore other aspects and learn more than just that World War II occurred between 1939 and 1945. ... Students who reside in a certain state should be taught the history of that state so they at least have some knowledge of, say, why Arizona is now a U.S. state and not still part of Mexico. ...

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