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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historians claim that the Monroe Doctrine opened the door for expansion‚ but that is clearly not true. Western expansion and American foreign policy were not affected by the Monroe Doctrine; the movement was already gaining ground and only grew as manifest destiny gained ground. The American people had been moving westward long before the
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century and early 20th century held many similarities to that of early American expansionism. The motives for early American expansion held similar to that of the turn of the 19th century in that the United States has grown in the reasoning of Manifest Destiny‚ the progress of the American economy and an increasing perception of American racial supremacy. Through the course of history‚ American expansionist incentives have shifted from withstanding foreign influence‚ to taking on a direct role in instituting
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americans directed their abuse towards the mexicans‚ a crime that was almost never committed in a pre-United States era. An explanation for this shift in the nature of the americans could be the idea of Manifest Destiny: the idea the North America was built to be ruled by White men. Manifest Destiny came into play during the discussion about the mexican territories: “What has miserable‚ inefficient Mexico...to do
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The United States annexes Hawaii in 1900- During this event the US was in the middle of discovering Hawaii in 1778 and when the senate decided to change their mind and start the annexation of Hawaii. The annexation allowed the US territory to expand into the Pacific Ocean‚ but was also a concern that Hawaii may become a part of the European empire since the United Stated gained such an increase in their economy. In the midst of doing this‚ Britain and France wanted acceptance in economic privileges
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believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running how it’s supposed to be. Americans also believed that the United States was the strongest of nations‚ and that they could take any land they wanted. This is shown in the manifest destiny of the 1840’s and the Social Darwinism of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. There were also several differences that included the American attempt to stretch their empire across the seas and into other parts of the world. During history
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expanded beyond our borders to make America appear as a strong nation. Americans believed that the U.S. was a strong nation‚ we just needed to prove so by taking whatever land we pleased and call it ours. This idea was displayed during the 1840’s “Manifest Destiny” movement and during the “Darwinism” years in the late 1800’s early 1900’s. Besides the similarities‚ there were several differences that included America actually taking over other parts of the world such as Puerto Rico‚ Hawaii and the Philippines
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through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase. All of this expansionism and lust for territory comes from a belief called Manifest Destiny‚ the idea that America was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Josiah Strong‚ an author from New York‚ argues that God expects the U.S. to expand until they have fulfilled their destiny‚ and he attempts to convince American citizens that
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example of isolationism. The US didn’t want to be involved in global affairs because they wanted to concentrate on their own country’s problems. They were working on the expanion of the country in the West. They were also trying to work on the Manifest Destiny‚ which involved trying to expand the US from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. They decided to take a break from focusing on other contries and focus on themselves. The United States attempts to mediate in the Venezuela-Great Britain dispute
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Westward expansion brought inspiration to start a new beginning‚ but immigration created an even greater beginning. Manifest destiny would not have been able to prove expansion justifiable if it were not for immigrants‚ as a Harvard University article elucidated‚ “Immigrants were not only integral to the construction of the transcontinental railroads that facilitated western
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