“We have conquered many of the neighboring tribes of Indians…
“We have conquered many of the neighboring tribes of Indians, but we have never thought of holding them in subjection—never of incorporating them into our Union….To incorporate Mexico, would be the very first instance of the kind of incorporating an Indian race; for more than half of the Mexicans are Indians, and theother is composed chiefly of mixed tribes…. Ours, sir, is the Government of a white race…. [I]t is professed and talked about to erect these Mexicans into a Territorial Government, and place them on an equality with the people of the United States. I protest utterly against such a project.” — Senator John C. Calhoun, Conquest of Mexico speech, 1848 Question: The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?
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“The normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom. That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national [western] territory, ordained that ‘no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law,’ it becomes our duty by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.” — Republican Party platform, 1860 Question: Republicans asserted that political leaders could not “give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States” in order to express opposition against the
Read Details“We have conquered many of the neighboring tribes of Indians…
“We have conquered many of the neighboring tribes of Indians, but we have never thought of holding them in subjection—never of incorporating them into our Union….To incorporate Mexico, would be the very first instance of the kind of incorporating an Indian race; for more than half of the Mexicans are Indians, and theother is composed chiefly of mixed tribes…. Ours, sir, is the Government of a white race…. [I]t is professed and talked about to erect these Mexicans into a Territorial Government, and place them on an equality with the people of the United States. I protest utterly against such a project.” — Senator John C. Calhoun, Conquest of Mexico speech, 1848 Question: Based on the excerpt, Calhoun would also be most likely to support which of the following?
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“Where, where was the heroic determination of the Executive to vindicate our title to the whole of Oregon – yes, sir, ‘THE WHOLE OR NONE’…. It has been openly avowed… that Oregon and Texas were born and cradled together in the Baltimore convention; tha they were the twin offspring of that political conclave [meeting]; and in that avowal may be found the whole explanation of the difficulties and dangers with which the question is not attended…. I maintain – 1. That this question… is… one for negotiations, compromise, and amicable adjustment. 2. That satisfactory evidence has not yet been afforded that no compromise which the United States ought to accept can be affected. 3. That, if no other mode of amicable settlement remains, arbitration (legal action) ought to be resorted to.” — Representative Robert C. Winthrop (Whig), speech to the House of Representatives, January 3, 1846 Question: Which historical development illustrates the fulfillment of Winthrop’s argument?
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