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The significance of treaty-making powers and wars in american expansion, focusing on the war of 1812, perry's expedition to japan, and the impact of these events on us-european relations and the emergence of american exceptionalism. The text also discusses the coolie trade, the end of the mex-am war, and the beginning of chinese immigration.
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Class Introduction What are the 3 themes of this class?
▪ Form of democracy that says every individual has unalienable rights that cannot be voted away
▪ US reasserted rights, total disrespect of US ▪ Jeff knew 0 resources to go to war, implemented PEACABLE COERCION, aka EMBARGO ACT OF 1807 - if can’t respect our rights, ships will stay home—no exports ▪ Jeff naïve—thought US would agree, but not case, just forced ppl to smuggle ▪ Began supervision of coast/regulation/enforcement drain on resources, smuggling increases, media protest ▪ Creates NATIONAL DEPRESSION- NE hardest hit (sailors, shipbuilding industry at standstill, even talks of recession ▪ Negative effects on US, Brit merchants took over markets US no longer in
o 4] If EUR nation tried to control other nations in West Hem, is hostile act vs. US
o US gets to China in 1784, late to hame o Created US 1 st^ millionaires, would put it back into US economy for development
▪ Cuba and Jamaica- work on sugar plantations ▪ Peru- harvested Guano (bird poop used to fertilize soil) in pits [needed for exhausted soils in order for them to work again]
o Painting in 1872, has already acquired all continental places ▪ Transcontinental RR complete in 1869, economic prosperity Describe the role of the concept of MANIFEST DESTINY in Westward Expansion
▪ A-S Supremacy = elite upper crust of society, Manifest Destiny (MD) is also racial!
o 28 th^ state finally in 1845 o MX threatens war if annexed, but does not live up to own threat
o Fierce resistance by Cherokee lead by JOHN ROSS, begin to appeal to the courts ▪ Cherokees win 2 SC cases ”you are sovereign nation w/ rights to self-govt” o GA refuses to accept this puts all Cherokee land into lottery and give it to citizens o States opposing SC, crisis begins—threatening very nature of Rep and CONST o Many allies go vs. Cherokee, say to give up
o 2 - PATRONAGE: give out good-$ jobs in politics to friends and supporters, regardless of merit ▪ Most given jobs on reservation, start rumors ab. Ghost Dance and pleas for help, inexperienced and corrupt