This week’s reading in Understories by Jake Kosek was Chapter 5‚ which is simply‚ yet powerfully titled “Smokey Bear is a White Racist Pig”. In this chapter‚ Kosek insightfully argues that Smokey Bear is a symbol of the exclusionary‚ racist and nationalist history‚ that is engrained in the U.S. Forest Service. What has allowed Smokey to become such a long-standing symbol‚ even with all this tension and hate filled history? Kosek opens by portraying the disdain that many local residents have for Smokey
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How To Write an A.P. U.S. History Thesis Statement What is a thesis? A thesis statement is the position a student is going to take‚ the argument that is going to be made. It is therefore the answer to the question being asked. What is not a thesis? The thesis statement is not a fact; it is an informed interpretation of the facts. Neither is the thesis/argument just an opinion. Instead‚ the thesis is the reasoned judgment of the student. Don’t understand the prompt
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The U.S had a clear and valid reason on why they needed to move into Mexico. Mexico‚ essentially‚ invited Americans to live in the province of Texas‚ which turned out to be a bad idea in the end. So‚ was the United States justified in going to war with Mexico? The answer to that question would be yes‚ the U.S was justified in going to war with Mexico because their population was overgrowing and they needed more land‚ their economic depressions made people want to live in frontier areas‚ and living
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John O’Sullivan wrote the article “Annexation” in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review. This article was based in Washington‚ D.C. in 1845 during the 19th century of American Expansion. The document was primarily focused on whether or not the United States should annex the Republic of Texas (Sullivan‚ 1). At the beginning of the text Sullivan starts off saying that Texas is ours. She [Texas] is no longer a mere country on the map‚ but rather a part of the Union itself (Sullivan‚ 1). Sullivan
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The definition of “justified” is having‚ done for‚ or marked by a good or legitimate reason. The second definition is declared or made righteous in the sight of God. The war with Mexico was both of these definitions. It was justified. In 1836‚ Texas had won it’s independence and had become apart of America. Mexico had attacked U.S. soldiers on Texas territory. Polk became president. He believed in Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted America to spread across the continent
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In 1803‚ the United Sates President Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisiana and started to expand the territory of the United States. During 1803 to 1850‚ the U.S continued to expand‚ and the expansion is called “The Westward Expansion of the United States”. The forefathers decided to expand their territory due to their wish to start new lives‚ their belief in “Manifest Destiny”‚ and their desire to spread slavery. To begin with‚ on no account should we ignore the fact that lands are essential to a
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ASSIGNMENT SHEET - AP U.S. HISTORY Unit 4 – THE AGE OF JACKSON Chp. 13-15 & 17 (skip 16) 10/22 – 11/7 Organizing Principle - During the "Reign of Jackson‚" politics became more democratic‚ the power of the Presidency increased‚ America became more optimistic and expansionistic‚ and sectionalism supplanted nationalism. Topics: Jacksonian Democracy‚ 2nd American Party System‚ democratization‚ sectionalism‚ reform movements‚ Native Americans‚ Bank War‚ Nullification‚ American
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Part I Point Possible: 80 Of the following three questions‚ answer two of your choice. 1. In an 1845 editorial about Texas Annexation‚ newspaper editor John O’Sullivan argued that it was the "manifest design of providence" that the United States occupy all territory in the continent. Manifest Destiny‚ as the concept came to be known‚ swept proponents enthusiastically into its wake and left others concerned about the future. Go to Manifest Destiny (Links to an external site.) at PBS Online. Read its
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This campaign advertisement for Lewis Cass in the election of 1848 targeted male farmers and slave owners in the South. This is because women still could not vote‚ and many “conscience-Whigs” in the North‚ were in support of the presidential candidate Zachary Taylor‚ so it would be best for Cass to turn to the South for support. Also‚ some in the South began supporting Zachary Taylor‚ for they had assumed that since both Taylor and Andrew Jackson were great war heroes‚ they would have similar qualities
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Think to yourself‚ where is the border of Texas? Did you know that this was a disputed question which eventually sent to nations into war? Soldiers were dispatched by americans on July 1845 into the disputed territory between the US and Mexico. However‚ the war began on May 9‚ 1846 in the disputed territory of Mexico near the Rio Grande between the US and Mexican forces. Was it okay for the US to declare war with Mexico? The answer is no. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico
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