The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14. 6. 2023 - Počet stran: 272 The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to |
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... slaveholders . But the dominant opinion at the founding was that achieving the Union justified the means of compromising on the matter of slavery . ) The addition of Louisiana and subsequent expansion of the United States eventually ...
... slaveholders . But the dominant opinion at the founding was that achieving the Union justified the means of compromising on the matter of slavery . ) The addition of Louisiana and subsequent expansion of the United States eventually ...
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... slaveholders . So much for two slaveholders ' attempt to pay around thirty - nine cents an acre for slaveholder friendly tropics . Instead , the French foreign minister of- fered Monroe and his fellow envoy , Robert Livingston , over ...
... slaveholders . So much for two slaveholders ' attempt to pay around thirty - nine cents an acre for slaveholder friendly tropics . Instead , the French foreign minister of- fered Monroe and his fellow envoy , Robert Livingston , over ...
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... slaveholders ' stomachs . In 1803 , Jefferson savored the landed sprawl as an empire of liberty for white farmers , as a means of ousting the French , and as a base for control- ling the Indians . His much less important priority was to ...
... slaveholders ' stomachs . In 1803 , Jefferson savored the landed sprawl as an empire of liberty for white farmers , as a means of ousting the French , and as a base for control- ling the Indians . His much less important priority was to ...
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... slaveholders seldom saw any necessity to diffuse blacks into specks or to deport the specks . They manumitted many more blacks , without much fretting that multiracial free laborers would multiply . In the United States , only two ...
... slaveholders seldom saw any necessity to diffuse blacks into specks or to deport the specks . They manumitted many more blacks , without much fretting that multiracial free laborers would multiply . In the United States , only two ...
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... slaveholders of them all , on huge Missis- sippi River cotton and sugar plantations . Little of the richest Louisiana or Arkansas dirt remained for Jefferson's backbone of liberty , slaveless white farmers . This surge toward greater ...
... slaveholders of them all , on huge Missis- sippi River cotton and sugar plantations . Little of the richest Louisiana or Arkansas dirt remained for Jefferson's backbone of liberty , slaveless white farmers . This surge toward greater ...
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