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please i need help with James Polk and the expansionist Impulse book questions ?
1.What was the purpose of the Trist mission to Mexico? Why did Polk believe the U.S. diplomat would be a suitable representative of his administration?
2.Why did Scott’s drive toward the Mexican capital stall after the Battle of Cerro Gordo?
3.Why did some expansionists believe the United States should annex all of Mexico?
From Shmoop History on Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War
1. President James K. Polk sends Nicholas P. Trist, the chief clerk in the State Department, to Mexico along with Gen. Winfield Scott’s forces in order to negotiate a peace treaty with Mexico. Yet Scott’s invasion of Mexico City so destabilizes the Mexican government that no negotiations can occur until the ensuing Mexican power struggle ends with a stable administration was in place. Polk tries to recall Trist, but Trist disobeys his orders, staying to sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.
3. The rapid expansion of the nation’s land area, coupled with dramatic military successes and developments in transportation (the railroad) and communication (the telegraph and the postal system), fueled theories of Anglo-Saxon supremacy that fused with national pride to produce Manifest Destiny, the conviction that white Americans were divinely ordained to dominate the continent, from sea to shining sea.
Mainland Mexico Skimboarding – Exile Skimboards
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EVNT2A-00065 Photo Mugs General Winfield Scott leads US forces into Mexico City to end the US-Mexican War, 1847. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration…. |
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EVNT2A-00277 Photo Mugs General Winfield Scott at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, US-Mexican War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration…. |
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N.A., USA, New Photo Mugs N.A., USA, New Mexico, near Las Cruces, Altocumulus clouds at sunset….. |
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Revenge [VHS] $2.75 This often grisly, arguably racist movie stars Kevin Costner as a U.S. Navy pilot who is the improbable friend of a powerful, vaguely criminal Mexican millionaire (Anthony Quinn). While visiting the latter on his estate, Costner’s character has an affair with his host’s gorgeous young wife (Madeline Stowe), for which he is almost beaten to death and the wife mutilated and turned into a junkie pros… |
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Scooby Doo & The Monster of Mexico [VHS] $2.19 Sooner or later, the Mystery, Inc. gang had to take on Mexico’s legendary Bigfoot equivalent, El Chupacabra, and that’s precisely what they do in this entertaining, feature-length, Scooby-style investigation into the paranormal. Taking the Mystery Van south of the border, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo celebrate Day of the Dead festivities, which become less festive when a towering, g… |
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Lords of the Mafia – Mexico & Colombia [VHS] $9.98 … |
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Man on Fire $5.99 Denzel Washington reteamed with “Crimson Tide” director Tony Scott for this blazing actioner. Hired to protect the daughter (Dakota Fanning) of a wealthy Mexican businessman, ex-government agent Washington is left for dead by ruthless gunmen who abduct the girl. Now an injured Washington sets out on a violent quest for vengeance and, perhaps, redemption. Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Christopher W… |
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Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico $2.99 … |
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The Heartbreak Kid $2.99 … |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Evnt2A-0006 from North Wind Picture Archives $24.99 Photo Puzzle, EVNT2A-00065. General Winfield Scott leads US forces into Mexico City to end the US-Mexican War, 1847. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration. Chosen by North Wind Picture Archives. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This… |