This want for new territory, would cause boundary issues and fears to arise soon after the Revolutionary War with the fledgling government of the United States. These boundary issues and fears would help the supporters, who wanted to expand the United States borders, to push for acquiring new territories in North America. ... After the war, the boundaries remained unchanged but many Native American tribes lost land, which led for the increase in land becoming available, especially after the death of Chief Tecumseh. ... The Mexican government knew that the threat of United States' "right ...

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It was clear that Americans justified taking away Indian land, and they continuously pushed Native Americans westward in order to extend and expand United States boundaries. ... White settlers frequently invaded Native American hunting grounds and took advantage of their boundaries, confusing the legal ownership of land such as western Iowa and the borders of Nebraska (Document 15). ... Both political parties, Federalists and Democratic " Republicans, were apprehensive of the Catholic residents of the Trans " Mississippi West because of the possible inability to concatenate with th...

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Frederick Douglass began his life as a common slave but proved to be a phenomenon by breaking free of all boundaries placed upon him. ... Frederick Douglass believed it was possible to fight slavery using the American political system, he and other political abolitionists created an anti-slavery Liberty Party. ... Douglass also felt that woman did not gain full equality with regards to their rights in America and strongly supported the woman's rights movement, "In respect to political rights we hold a woman to be justly entitled to all we claim for man All the political rights which it i...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Kentucky's Neutrality in the Civil War As the Civil War became a reality, Kentucky was divided both politically and geographically in the division of the north and south. ... But it is clear that their declaration for neutrality was based on an economic decision more than one based on the politics of either the union or confederacy. ... More so than the other Border States the reason for this was more geographical reasons than political reasons. ... Access from the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers helped to determine the geographical divide for the South, as the Ohio River helped to d...

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These following five articles will explain and discuss the importance of political figure from different perspective. ... Lincoln and Douglas shows how they deal with race indicates two different directions regarding civil and political rights for blacks in Illinois, where Douglas will use race not only to affirm existing white supremacy but to reinforce it. ... Proposed by Douglas and Lincoln's opponent in the influential of their debate, where the bill overturned the Missouri Compromise's use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory. ... Lincoln alludes to what ...

• Word Count: 2032
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The American presence began to grow throughout Mexico and it grew even stronger after the U.S civil war. This was happening because the Union Generals such as Grant and Sherman were leading the establishments of may of the major Railroads because of their victory of the South. The south's defeat was...

• Word Count: 2200
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School