What external and internal factors drew the United States
1. What external and internal factors drew the United States into war against the Britons? Could the war have been avoided?
3. What accounted for the noninvolvement of the United States in the revolutionary movements in Latin American and the long delay in extending formal recognition to the new governments established there?
1. Explain the democratic movements of the early nineteenth century. What role did race and gender play in these movements? What evidence is there for the existence of similar democratic sentiments in Europe?
2. How would you describe the changes in American politics between 1824 and 1840? What accounted for these changes?
3. How did the annexation of Texas emerge as a political issue in the early 1840s? Why were the Democrats more in favor of territorial expansion than the Whigs?
