Priesthood, the office of a priest, a ritual expert learned in a special knowledge of the technique of worship and accepted as a religious and spiritual leader. Throughout the long and varied history of religion, the priesthood has been the official inst
Manifest Destiny, the supposed inevitability of the continued territorial expansion of the boundaries of the United States westward to the Pacific and beyond. Before the American Civil War, Manifest Destiny was used to validate continental acquisitions i
Ch 2. War of 1812 & Monroe Doctrine Lesson... Ch 3. Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion... Ch 4. Native Americans in the 1800s: History... Ch 5. Mexican-American War Lesson Plans &... Ch 6. Antebellum Era Lesson PlansCalifornia Missions | Overview, Significance & Map Related Study...
The Gadsden Purchase, also known as theTreatyof Mesilla, was a land purchase made by the U.S. government. The U.S. agreed to pay the government of Mexico ten million dollars for what is now part of southern Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of this purchase by the U.S. government...
Mexican President Juan Ceballos became concerned that these American colonists might rebel, similar to the rebellion in Texas (SeeTexas Revolution Overview), and then be annexed by the United States (seeTexas Annexation Overview). Because of this, he revoked the grant given to Garay, which upset...
1.A overall view of Westward Movement. 2.The historical background to the movement. 3.The all-round evaluation of the movement. 4.The significance of the movement. Abstract In the 18thand 19thcenturies,the US frontiers extended westward step by step.Actually,there’s no doubt that it is a...
An Anarcho‐Syndicalist Perspective on the Mexican Revolution: B. Traven's Land of Eternal Spring ALL SEASONS WESTS HEAD SOUTH IT WAS A Aliaga‐Buchenau - 《Latin Americanist》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 "There are no dark princes that will sweep you off your feet into an eternal world in ...
the South, tenants and would-be yeomen in the West—all had reasons to think that the spread of commerce and capitalism would bring not boundless opportunities but new forms of dependence. And in all sections of the country, some of the rising entrepreneurs of the market revolution suspected ...
American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lin
Bracero Program, series of agreements between the U.S. and Mexican governments to allow temporary laborers from Mexico, known as braceros, to work legally in the United States. The program ran from 1942 to 1964, and during that time more than 4.5 million