The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14 Jun 2023 - 272 halaman 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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... citizenship , territorial governance , and the admission of new states into the Union . As a matter of fact , the Constitution mentions " territory " only once , in the Territories Clause , despite the fact that a reading of the record ...
... citizenship , territorial governance , and the admission of new states into the Union . As a matter of fact , the Constitution mentions " territory " only once , in the Territories Clause , despite the fact that a reading of the record ...
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Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow. Citizenship was assumed to be a matter for the states . American territorial inhabitants were U.S. citizens , Chief Justice John Marshall ruled , just like the citizens of the District of Columbia ...
Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow. Citizenship was assumed to be a matter for the states . American territorial inhabitants were U.S. citizens , Chief Justice John Marshall ruled , just like the citizens of the District of Columbia ...
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... citizenship and affiliation with the United States . All of the essays mentioned above focus more on the law and the evolution of constitutional doctrine . Peter Onuf , William Freehling , Paul Kens , H. W. Brands , Julian Go , and ...
... citizenship and affiliation with the United States . All of the essays mentioned above focus more on the law and the evolution of constitutional doctrine . Peter Onuf , William Freehling , Paul Kens , H. W. Brands , Julian Go , and ...
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... citizenship , and rights . Rivera Ramos traces the anomalous constitutional and political development of Puerto Rico back to the Insular Cases . Finally , Bartholomew Sparrow , a political scientist , ex- plores the two " empires ...
... citizenship , and rights . Rivera Ramos traces the anomalous constitutional and political development of Puerto Rico back to the Insular Cases . Finally , Bartholomew Sparrow , a political scientist , ex- plores the two " empires ...
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... citizenship ” —the conditions under which someone is or is not an American or U.S. citizen . 5. Hepburn and Dundas v . Ellzey , 2 Cranch 445 , 452–53 [ 1805 ] ; John W. Smurr , “ Ter- ritorial Constitutions ” ( PhD thesis , University ...
... citizenship ” —the conditions under which someone is or is not an American or U.S. citizen . 5. Hepburn and Dundas v . Ellzey , 2 Cranch 445 , 452–53 [ 1805 ] ; John W. Smurr , “ Ter- ritorial Constitutions ” ( PhD thesis , University ...
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