Cautious Realism Analysis

The annexation of Texas led to the Mexican-American War (1846-48). As Mexico surrendered, the War ended with the peace treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 525,000 square miles of land was given to America (more than obtained in the Louisiana Purchase). It was potentially stabilising, as it provided the U.S. with access to new materials and ports, if not for the fact that it rekindled the slavery debate. Furthermore, tensions between Mexico and the U.S. halted the plans for a transcontinental railway.

The United States is trying to make it work, however, he is warning others that the United States inevitably cannot ignore the international affairs and the issues going on in the rest of the

Thomas Jefferson’s opinion of how the national government should be run, changed quite a bit over the course of his presidency. He started it off as a strict constructionist as he opposed the excise laws and his opposition to the Alien and Sedition acts. At some point he began to transform into a loose constructionist when he bought the louisiana purchase and he improved our navy to help fight the Barbary war. Somewhere during his presidency his views changed and it was most likely before he bought the Louisiana territory. Before Jefferson entered the presidential office he was a states rights supporter

“Leaders in several colonies objected, declaring this was taxation without representation. Lee is credited with authoring the Westmoreland Resolutions, publicly objecting to the Stamp Act. Though Parliament repealed the act except for the tax on tea, the Stamp Act sent a warning that the British government was supreme in all cases. For the next several years, things remained peaceful between the American colonies and the British Parliament.” ("Richard Henry Lee.").

”Roosevelt quoted that observation in his final Inaugural Address in the winter of 1945, and in the ensuing decades, American power and prosperity reached epic heights. The Peabody-Roosevelt gospel seemed to get it right: the world was not perfect, nor was it perfectible,”(Meacham 1).This does not define the individual American dream but how the government thinks we should be as a nation we can not prosper until we fail. Meacham does a good job on supporting the idea on how America has been built on learning from mistakes and improving the government to better lead the country, although we are constantly looking foward to improve we can not

The Truman Doctrine demonstrated the U.S. intention to counter any further expansion with military force. This was the hard power element of containment. Then the Ottawa treaty or the land mine treaty that came in during the bush administration because the Clinton administration had not signed it. When George W Bush came into power he revoked the signing of that ban. This is significant because, the refusing to sign the deal there were no major consequences that came their way.

The construction originally began in the 1870s when there was an “attempt by the French (to construct a canal) but disease and financial problems left a partially built canal behind” (“The Panama Canal”). Years after the failure of this project, the United States made plans to create a passage for ocean trade and travel. This idea was originally supported by President McKinley and was continued by President Theodore Roosevelt “following president McKinley’s assassination” (“American Canal Construction”). However, Colombia controlled the area and “felt the financial terms were unacceptable and rejects (the United States’) offer” (“Building the Panama Canal, 1903-1914”). This did not deter President Roosevelt and his determination to build the canal, therefore, he “responded by dispatching U.S. warships to Panama City and Colon in support of Panamanian independence” (“Building the Panama Canal, 1903-1914”).

In Puerto Rico’s first days as an American colony, Congress didn’t want to give its occupants the impression that they were held equal to those of the commonwealth, as affirmed by Font-Guzman (2017), professor of law and conflict studies, and director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program at Creighton University Graduate School. Thus, Senator Foraker granted them their own government and instead of adopting Puerto Ricans as their own, they were given Puerto Rican citizenship. If they wished to become U.S. citizens they had to endure the naturalization process, the same as foreign immigrants. From that year on, hundreds of bills about Puerto Rico’s citizenship status were debated, periodically changing the extent of the application of human

Edelstein suggests many ways on how to increase the chances of making a military occupation a success. According to the author, the fundamental challenge of occupation is the potential of nationalistic minority groups driving up the cost of the occupation to an unacceptable level which would not only harm the efficiency but also make profits gained meaningless, therefore, to convince an occupied population not to resist the occupation and to grant the occupying power time is key. Such are only accomplished by overcoming the perception that the occupying power is a military conqueror, convincing the occupied population that the occupation will improve their lives, and assuring them that they will earn back their sovereignty one day. In other words, an occupying power must win the hearts and minds of the occupied population. Establishing law and order, supplying basic services and goods and refraining from the abuse of occupied populations are basic steps toward winning hearts and minds.

After I turn 18 I will practice my right to vote and won’t view it as an inconvenience, but as a privilege to be involved in the government. To be an effective citizen in our democratic society having a job also something I should do. In the speech by Theodore Roosevelt he informs the audience, “the Roman Republic fell… when the sturdy Roman plebian, who lived by his own labor… had been changed into an idle creature… who was fed by the state… then the end of the republic was at hand.” In democratic society the state is only able to support the people when the people support the state. When I grow older I should have a job because for our government to properly function it requires payment through taxes.

John Quincy Adams planned to give the Native Americans land in the West, yet failed to do so because he did not receive enough of support from Congress. James Polk, another average president, ideally set goals that he wanted to achieve while in office. The goals were, “cut tariffs, reestablish an independent U.S. Treasury, secure the Oregon Territory and acquire the territories of California and New Mexico from Mexico” ( History.com Staff -James Polk). Polk accomplishing those goals displayed his practical skills, and how he economically managed the U.S yet, also showed how he lacked to , create a more perfect union; as far as slavery. Polk himself, had slaves too,as the president.

; the president fully expressed progression for the reliance on agriculture and fully alleviate the debt. Yet Jefferson disrupted economic opportunities for loyal republican farmers in the south as the embargo cutoff tobacco trade between the US and GBR. Presented in a political cartoon, an American shipper attempted to smuggle a load of tobacco aboard a British ship though was restricted from the Ograbme snapping turtle representing restrictions of trade between the US and GBR (Doc. D). Many artisans, shopkeepers, and small famers claimed bankruptcy due to the restrictive nature of the embargo even though the commercial men supported republican ideals.

It gave national pride and created a closer union among the states and people. The Americans were not granted any further land and restrictions on trade were not ultimately lifted, but the country did begin a shift from the previously hierarchical society to a new dynamic self-governing culture. This war paved the way for the people to more freely express their right to govern. I believe historians see the importance for independence within the War of 1812 because looking back, we can see the developmental changes in the country following the war 's end. We see the changes in how the states govern themselves, and how they conduct business with other countries.

Republican ideas on the consent of the governed were also embraced and exemplified through the limitation of the government. As seen in both Document I and the Bill of Rights, at least the idea to limit the government to prevent any abuses of power against the people was taken into account. However, on the other hand, politics, in a way, didn’t change after the war as well. Even after the war and the propagation of egalitarian ideas, only rich, protestant, land-owning, white men participated, if not dominated, politics. In the post-revolution confederacy, it was only rich, white men who could and did occupy positions of political power, and more often

The new government also had easily decline the request for backup during conflict of war to prevent siding with one country over the other. This was successfully done twice during President Washington’s two terms. As much as assisting the French during another war with the British would help pay back their debt to the French; it was the wise decision to respectfully decline to avoid any future issues with the Spaniards. Overall, the new American government went through many phases writing and setting laws and amending old ones to continue to build a strong economy as a