to this Museum once during elementary and this is the second time I’ve gone. The event consisted of craft demonstrations and sales‚ which were held indoor and outdoor‚ there were children activities‚ traditional Mexican food‚ face painting‚ and a Rio Grande Legacy Exhibit. Through this event I learned three things: how to make cornhusk doll‚ Butter‚ and more information on tamales. Learning how to make cornhusk dolls was fun especially since I was with my friends. The indigenous people of Americas
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The entire concept of Manifest Destiny was created by the New York journalist John. L. O’ Sullivan. It meant that America’s fate was to possess or expand across the entire North America; it was undeniable and just waiting to happen. This is the point where many people started traveling west‚ for many purposes. It is true that America did acquire much land from expanding‚ but at what cost did we obtain it? I believe that America did not have the proper incentives while fulfilling its "destiny" and
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was being disputed to make the Mexicans start the war and make it look like they were the ones that started the war and that the United States only took action against it. The United States commanded their troops to go over the Nueces River to the Rio Grande‚ hoping that the Mexicans would attack in a territory that was from both countries. But when
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provocation that enabled the U.S. to launch war against Mexico was Polk ordering General Taylor to send soldiers to the area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and was bought by the U.S. in 1845. To ensure that the Texans would ally themselves with the U.S. Polk promised them their claim to the Rio Grande‚ and to carry out that promise‚ he sent troops to challenge Mexico. Inspired by greed‚ Taylor agreed to carry out Polk’s orders with General
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Manifest Destiny was an idea defined by John L. O’Sullivan that it was the god given right of the of the American people to expand westward‚ to christianize and to utilize the land. Many things brought people West but One things that stood from the rest is the California Gold Rush of 1848. Many things happened out West that some view differently including wars and disagreement over land with other powerful Countries. But some question that; Although Americans perceived Manifest Destiny as a benevolent
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Fishing is a hobby enjoyed by thousands of people for thousands of years. Ever since humans have learned to fish it has become a hobby‚ sport‚ and business. In 2009 alone‚ Americans have consumed 4.8 billion pounds of seafood‚ and this number increases more and more each year. We already know that because of our over-population problem that fish is becoming more finite everyday. Luckily‚ we have many fishing regulations to help try to combat this problem. In 1871 the United States government took
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formation also contains many small marine fossils from that period. The Santa Elena Formation has been cut through by the Rio Grande to form the Santa Elena Canyon. Del Rio: As the oceans regressed to a shallow ocean depth‚ approximately 97 mya‚ layers of shale and clay formed the Del Rio Clay. They contain remains of marine organism and animal fossils. The bedding of Del Rio formation with shale extends all directions. The beds record the wet or dry season circle after the sediment is deposited
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Gone to Texas Study Questions (Module 1) 1. How did the first Texans arrive here? How do we know anything of what their lives and cultures were like? What do we learn from the pictographs in the Pecos River area? Migrated from Siberia to North America and downwards towards the plains of North America and then down further to the plains that are now known as the panhandle of Texas.-By their behavior and their ability to survive during this time/ says that most people now a days couldn’t.- Settled
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citizens have put a lot of resistance. This has created a lot of problems that cause logistical nightmares. The people that will be affected the most by trump’s wall are the ranchers of Texas and the Indian tribes. The ranchers depend on access to the Rio Grande and the pastures to feed their animals. Part of the border in Arizona is home to the Tohono O’odham Reservation‚ the third largest one by area in the United States. In 1853 the US in the Gadsden Treaty payed Mexico ten million for the territory
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“We Take Nothing By Conquest‚ Thank God‚” is a chapter in Howard Zinn’s‚ History of the People. Zinn makes the point that the Mexican-American War was agitated by President Polk‚ and that the newspapers of the time falsely represented people’s opinions of the war even though it was very unpopular among U.S citizens‚ and the army itself. In the night of his inauguration President Polk confided in his Secretary of the Navy that one of his main objectives was to acquire California. Then Polk incited
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