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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : 9781566960915
Book Description
This Jackdaw outlines the course of the Mexican-American War & helps to put it in proper perspective. It discusses the role of the slavery issue, the influence of Manifest Destiny, the boundary disputes & the enormously important precedent set by James Polk in the use of presidential power in starting & conducting a war. The atmosphere of the times is recreated by letters, newspapers, broadsides, prints, cartoons, photographs & other documents. Six Broadsheet Essays * Heading West * Manifest Destiny * Inside Mexico * Our Country, Right or Wrong? * War Abroad, Dissent at Home * Victory & a Divided Nation Eleven Historical Documents * Chronology & map of the Mexican-American War, 1845-1848. * The first page of the New York Daily Tribune, May 13, 1846, containing President Polk's war message. * The second page of the New York Daily Tribune, May 12, 1846, with a Horace Greeley editorial. * The second page of the New York Daily Tribune, May 28, 1846, with a report from the battlefield. * A recruiting poster. * Page of an antiwar speech by Congressman Severance from the Appendix to the Congressional Globe, February 4, 1847. * A sheet of battle art. * A letter from an American soldier in the field & transcript. * Lincoln's "spot" resolutions from The Congressional Globe, December 22, 1847. * The first page of The American Star, October 20, 1847. * A political caricature sheet.