the population. The Westward expansion migration led to more important events of American history., some of the important event it led to are the gold rush in California, Texas becoming a United States state, the Mexican American war, and the Battle of Alamo. These four individuals are only a few people who are important or were involved in the westward expansion migration. Nevertheless they each had an impact on the westward expansion migration both Lewis and Clark found the path of the Oregon…
The North and the South progressed transformational developments differently due to slavery, religion, politics, and economics. The South was very economically reliant on slavery. Many people in the South were farmers and grew crops such as rice, tobacco, and especially cotton. The Cotton Kingdom was growing because of the necessity of that product. Many southerners thought they needed more land because of the global demand for cotton. Many southerners believed that since the Cotton…
We were on our way to Bexar to trade, but hostilities were far worse here between the Texans, and Mexicans. Several of our men were hurt during an altercation between the two groups. So we decided head to San Antonio, and rest at the Alamo mission. Yet that would not happen. Word came down that the Mexican army was headed here. We worked quickly to secure our men, and what little supplies we could find to begin our evacuation. Unfortunately Johnathan had other ideas. He volunteered to…
home to NASA’s Space Center, and also The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza a museum dedicates to John F. Kennedy, and where the assassin of Kennedy stood to shoot him. These two attractions are widely recognizable, but there are more such as the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, or the San Antonio River Walk, both are from San Antonio, and both required a lot of walking around. Bullock Texas is another important attraction since it’s where it keeps Texas Relics, and history dating to back when it…
such things as the Death March on Bataan and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The propaganda of the Japanese being the bad guys had put the them in such a spot as the US’ target of vehemence, as well as their culture preferring to die a fighter, to die in battle, rather than living and coming home due to submission. Many people in the US had felt the Japanese deserved what they got from the bomb because they were still hurt, like a man called William T Laurence, a journalist who was aboard the Enola…
desired to develop plantations. The settlers had wanted to seek permission for Mexico to be admitted( into the Mexican nation as an independent state. However, The Native Mexicans refused and, consequently one of the most famous battles occurred, Santa Anna's attack on the Alamo. Texas declared that it was independent in 1836, but soon after In 1845 it was annexed by the United States and became the 28th state (How and Why did America Expand Westward, Social Studies Help Center). Each territory…
The final list, presented at a meeting of the Target Committee at Los Alamos on May 10, 1945. The list of potential targets consisted of Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Kokura Arsenal and Niigata. Once the target list was finalised, the United States Air Force agreed to preserve these locations during their usual bombing raids…
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”1 This statement was made by Robert Oppenheimer after the first successful atomic bomb test at Los Alamos, New Mexico. At approximately 08:15 AM on 6 August 1945, the way in which states viewed conflict was forever changed in a dramatic fashion. On that day a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing around 80,000 people instantly. Only three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the…
During World War II, countries were in a race against time to improve technology and war strategies. The race for new innovations all started after Pearl Harbor, and America entered the war. Germans and Americans were preparing for battle with many different new technologies and war strategies. The attack of Pearl Harbor all started because the United States was unhappy with Japan’s attitude towards China. Japan wanted to take over Chinese territory and import market. In 1973, Japan…
Texas History Term Report- The lives of slaves did not change much since Texas obtained its Freedom form Mexican rule, the constitution that was written gave protection to the slave owners while stripping the enslaved people of more rights. “The Texas Legislature passed increasingly restrictive laws governing the lives of free blacks, including a law banishing all free black people from the Republic of Texas.” (Texas State History Museum) Due to the lax regulations to the slaveowners, the…