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This 6 page paper discusses the various relationships between power and ethnicity in the U.S. during the period 1840-1865. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Ethnicity and Power, 1840-1865
Inc. by K. Von Huben 5/2010 Please Introduction Its no great revelation to say that power in American society lies almost
exclusively in the hands of white men. The same thing can be seen throughout history. This paper considers ethnicity and power in the period 1840-1865, which includes the Mexican-American War
to the end of the American Civil War. Discussion The Mexican War and the Civil War: The nineteenth century was "a defining moment in the balance of power in the
American government. The Mexican War was able to alter the once equal distribution of power between the North and the South, in favor for the South" (Neil, 2009). Northerners felt
they were being overwhelmed by the Souths determination to bring the territory obtained from Mexico into the Union as slave states (Neil, 2009). But even before the Mexican War, tensions
between the North and South were rising, especially with regard The War with Mexico had its beginnings in the Texans struggle for independence. Texas was granted statehood in 1845,
and the government of Mexico "broke diplomatic relations with the United States" immediately (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 404). President Polk sent a force of 3,500 Americans under the command
of General Zachary Taylor to the border in case of a Mexican invasion, but later he offered Mexico $30 million in exchange for the "Rio Grande border in Texas and
Mexicos provinces of New Mexico and California" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 404). Mexico refused and Polk, angry, ordered American troops into Mexican territory and when a skirmish occurred, he
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