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All these scenarios are finally reinforced with the debate of multiculturalism in present day America creating a very believable and understandable racist America.
American History has always been an idealist view of events. Students have read about the power of democracy and equality. However, events like slavery and the eradication of the Native American race are proof of the fact that equality and democracy do not always go hand in hand. As the founders took into play the concept of Manifest Destiny where Americas role in the world was seen as a conquering force the values of democracy were at times undermined.
However, because the dominant race always writes history the interpretation was not as clear. The present book by Spring highlights and traces American history in a manner that is multi-dimensional in view. Adapting a narrative style, Spring relates systematically the domination of the Anglo Saxon race. He does not necessarily present a picture of extreme domination but simply shows how values perceived as right for one race can categorically eradicate and abuse the rights of another race. The Anglo American race was seen as the dominant one and at...
African-Americans suffered due to this segregation but the law was acceptable for the dominant race and allowed progress in ways unforeseen. However, with progress comes knowledge and the majority realized that living in one community and suppressing one race would effect the whole society adversely and thus, this caused them to reevaluate the laws. However, the segmentation of the minority for so long caused them to become in a way disabled for while deculturalization took place so did the laws effect their progress for the people no longer saw their own cultures as viable and lost the ability to succeed on terms of the dominant race.
This perception and presentation of a multicultural view of history hence allows the reader to go into the nuances of historical interpretations and understand that not all laws are acceptable even if they are enforced by the majority. Mainly focusing on the effect of educational laws on the minority the book is a refreshing view of the U.S. laws and the manner in which minorities view it, allowing a debate to be created within the concept of multicultural education.
The project of the League of Nations is yet another relevant example for pointing out the impact the "manifest destiny" idea had on the foreign policy of the United States. In this sense the basis for an organization that would prevent another war was the concept which emerged from the idealistic beliefs of the United States and especially of its president Wilson. However, the project failed to reach its actual
Mahan, who advocated creating a colossal navy and building bases, taking more land under MD. Growth is "a vital necessity to a nation," Mahan wrote, in justifying the position that the U.S. should annex the Hawaiian Islands. Lodge was a respected writer and historian, and he put forth the notion (Merk, 237) in articles that Cuba, the Hawaiian Islands, Canada and other territories should be conquered - but not
Austin ("Westward Expansion: Manifest Destiny," Digital History, 2007). "Aggressive nationalists invoked the idea [of Manifest Destiny] to justify Indian removal, war with Mexico, and American expansion into Cuba and Central America" ("Westward Expansion: Manifest Destiny," Digital History, 2007). On one hand, Manifest Destiny did allow poorer persons to migrate West, farm land, and make their fortunes with hard work -- but it also marked the end of a vital and
We are entering on its untrodden space, with the truths of God in our minds, beneficent objects in our hearts, and with clear conscience unsullied by the past. We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march? Providence is with us, and no earthly power can. (O'Sullivan 1) Not all Americans believed in the concept of manifest destination. Many settlers from different
Spiritualsproject.org). Most scholars believe that the Negro Spirituals "proliferated near the end of the 18th century and during the last few decades leading up to the end of legalized slavery in the 1860s," the Spirituals Project explains on their Web site. In Africa, "music was called on to mark and celebrate virtually every event in tribal life, no matter how significant." Those traditions and values were brought over to the North American
Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny The United States has a number of defining moments or eras in history, epochs that serve as a milestone for American greatness. Two of these important moments are the Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny. The Louisiana Purchase marks the beginning of America's expansion westward, the origin of the belief that the United States future is linked with its territorial expansion. It is analogous to Manifest Destiny