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Please review the following five questions and choose three to complete in essay format. Feel free to cite any book, article or video utilized or referenced in the class. Be
sure to
answer in complete paragraphs and be clear in your writing. Answers should be single spaced. Each answer should not exceed one page in
length. Mid-Term exam is due on Friday, April 1st at 3pm. I highly recommend utilizing videos we have
seen during class.
Question
1: Discuss the role of slavery in
motivating the Euro-American Texas filibusters.
Analyze who was to blame for the Mexican American War. Identify what
Mexico lost and what the United States gained as a result of the war.
Question
2: Explain the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo and its lasting effect on relations between Mexico and the United
States. Describe the status of Mexicans
after the border shifted north, and how the transformation of the region
affected them.
Question
3: Analyze the economic motives behind
the Gadsden Purchase. What was the role
of the railroad in the industrialization of Arizona? What are some of the
struggles
of Mexican laborers for equality through unions and mutual aid societies?
Question
4: How is Mexican Independence,
celebrate each year on September 16th connected to Los Angeles? What were some notable treaties in Los
Angeles regarding
the
U.S. Mexico War? Who were some important
persons in Los Angeles on the Mexican side and on the American side?
Question
5: The author describes the social and
political struggles of Chicana/os in the 1960’s through the 1980’s and current
times? Connect some of the struggles
through the last several centuries to some of the struggles and how they may or
may not affect you? Please be specific
and offer dates when possible and necessary.
The Filibuster in
Mexico
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Question One
The
filibusters were hoping for new slave states, which caused an expansion of the
American Empire of slavery. Their belief that having slaves and the annexed
land would mean that the whites were superior and this made the filibusters be
more motivated to pressure their actions. Slavery was strong in the south,
unlike in the north, which advocated for paid labor. The southern imperialists
had many ways to push for the creation of a very strong slave empire in
America, and these could be achieved through the hand of the filibusters (Wawro & Schickler, 2013).
The term “Filibuster” the people being referred to as such were the people who
were having legislator delaying tactic. The term, after being coined, meant the
buccaneers who stole the riches that were claimed by the Spaniards in the
"New" word. The term got a new meaning referring to adventurers who
were trying to assume power in Latin American and Caribbean countries without
the consent of the American authority. One of the ardent filibusters was
Narciso Lopez. These filibusters were groups of individual people who believed
that the institution of slavery and the annexation of more land for America
would be important. Filibusters were actively leading unofficial military
operations with the intention of seizing land from foreign countries without
the consent of the American government. These Filibusters were actively seeking
new land annexations for Americans, and this resulted in the demand for more
slaves to work in these lands. These actions had direct reciprocation behavior worth
the availability of these slaves, making the filibusters seek more annexation.
The
Mexican-American were can only be blamed on President James K. Polk, who was
much determined to fulfill Manifest Destiny. The decision by the President to
stage war in a foreign country and it being the first one of its kind, meant
that the President was determined to fulfill Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny
was a coined doctrine in the 19th century that held the belief that
the expansion of the United States through the American continent was
inevitable and justified. James K. Polk pursued this doctrine in his
determination to conquer Mexico. The Mexican–Americans have benefited the
United States since they acquired the new territory from Mexico, while the
Mexicans lost a third of their territory to the united states.
Question Two
The Mexican-American war came to an end after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo in Mexico. This time the Government of Mexico had fled with the advance of the United States forces. The Mexicans were defeated, their city of Mexico had fallen, and the government was left with the only option of surrendering and initiating negotiations with the United States. The peace talks were led by Nicholas Trist, accompanied by general Scott as president representative and a diplomat. The war and the signing of the treaty led to a loss of 525 000 square miles of Mexican land to the United States (Del Castillo,1992). The treaty extended the bounders of...
