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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... inhabitants of the Territory of Orleans for self - rule ( as the Americans of the states saw it ) , Jefferson took the pre- caution of installing a military governor . With the Louisiana Purchase , then , the United States for the first ...
... inhabitants of the Territory of Orleans for self - rule ( as the Americans of the states saw it ) , Jefferson took the pre- caution of installing a military governor . With the Louisiana Purchase , then , the United States for the first ...
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... inhabitants of Caribbean and Pacific islands annexed as parts of the United States in 1898 and 1899 . The huge addition of the Louisiana Purchase also drastically changed the Union by setting into motion a process of further geographic ...
... inhabitants of Caribbean and Pacific islands annexed as parts of the United States in 1898 and 1899 . The huge addition of the Louisiana Purchase also drastically changed the Union by setting into motion a process of further geographic ...
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... inhabitants were U.S. citizens , Chief Justice John Marshall ruled , just like the citizens of the District of Columbia . But they were " not state Citizens . " As Marshall later asked : Does [ the ' United States ' ] designate the ...
... inhabitants were U.S. citizens , Chief Justice John Marshall ruled , just like the citizens of the District of Columbia . But they were " not state Citizens . " As Marshall later asked : Does [ the ' United States ' ] designate the ...
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... inhabitants of Puerto Rico , the Philippines ( from 1898 until 1946 ) , Guam , American Samoa , U.S. Virgin Islands ( after 1917 ) , and the Northern Marianas ( after 1975 ) , and they have served as the legal justification for the ...
... inhabitants of Puerto Rico , the Philippines ( from 1898 until 1946 ) , Guam , American Samoa , U.S. Virgin Islands ( after 1917 ) , and the Northern Marianas ( after 1975 ) , and they have served as the legal justification for the ...
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... inhabitants of such " unincorporated " territories as Puerto Rico , even if they are U.S. citizens , may have no constitutional right as such to remain part of the United States if the United States chooses to engage in " deannexation ...
... inhabitants of such " unincorporated " territories as Puerto Rico , even if they are U.S. citizens , may have no constitutional right as such to remain part of the United States if the United States chooses to engage in " deannexation ...
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