An edition of Manifest destinies
(2010)
Manifest destinies
America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War
1st ed.
by Steven E. Woodworth
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A sweeping history of the 1840s that captures America's enormous sense of possibility and shows how the extraordinary expansion of territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep rift that would bring war just a decade later.
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Manifest Destiny, Territorial expansion, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Causes, History, United states, territories and possessions, Mexican war, 1846-1848, United states, territorial expansion, United states, history, 1815-1861, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causesPlaces
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Manifest Destinies: America's Westward Expansion and the Road to the Civil War
Nov 01, 2011, Vintage
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0307277704 9780307277701
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Manifest destinies: America's westward expansion and the road to the Civil War
2010, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
- 1st ed.
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Table of Contents
The two-party system
The log cabin and hard cider campaign
Tyler, Clay, and the durability of the two-party system
Abolitionism
Westward expansion
The Oregon Trail
The allure and the danger of California
The Mormons and their migration
The politics of expansion
Tyler and Texas
The election of 1844
Texas annexation
War with Mexico
Armies along the Rio Grande
The Monterrey campaign
New Mexico, Chihuahua, and California
Buena Vista
Veracruz, Cerro Gordo, and the politics of expansion
To the gates of Mexico City
A conquered capital and a negotiated peace
The political system and the controversies of expansion
The election of 1848
The California gold rush
California and the expansion of slavery
The struggle for compromise.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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