USH: Manifest Destiny Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:23:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How the Understanding of U.S. History Changes https://daniellazar.com/2014/12/12/how-the-understanding-of-u-s-history-changes/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:43:55 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5154 See how the mystic chords of memory have changed Americans’ perspectives on the Mexican-American War… In 1849, there was just no question. Mexico started this. So in 1849, the argument is we have to go in and defend Texas from being reconquered by Mexicans. In a textbook from 1880, it’s an inevitable conflict between the … Continue reading How the Understanding of U.S. History Changes →

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]]> Old Mexico lives on https://daniellazar.com/2014/02/05/old-mexico-lives-on/ Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:43:41 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4842 On February 2nd 1848, following a short and one-sided war, Mexico agreed to cede more than half its territory to the United States. An area covering most of present-day Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, plus parts of several other states, was handed over to gringolandia. The rebellious state of Tejas, which had declared … Continue reading Old Mexico lives on →

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]]> This American Life: Little War on the Prairie https://daniellazar.com/2013/01/02/this-american-life-little-war-on-the-prairie/ Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:04:45 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4087 Growing up in Mankato, Minnesota, John Biewen says, nobody ever talked about the most important historical event ever to happen there: in 1862, it was the site of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged after a war with white settlers. John went back to Minnesota to figure out what … Continue reading This American Life: Little War on the Prairie →

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]]> A Mexican Perspective of the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) https://daniellazar.com/2012/12/08/a-mexican-perspective-of-the-u-s-mexican-war-1846-1848/ Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:58:03 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4045 Mexican Perspective of the US Invasion Mexican Perspective on the War Reading Questions

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]]> Lectures on Manifest Destiny & The Mexican American War https://daniellazar.com/2012/12/08/lectures-on-manifest-destiny-the-mexican-american-war/ Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:56:42 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4040 Lazar Lecture – An Age of Expansionism Lecture: Manifest Destiny Lecture: The Age of Expansionism 1830-1860 (Power Point)

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