Please read Chapters 11 and 17 in OER Free US History Textbook and answer the following questions:

Material: History of the American Economy Thirteenth edition Gary M. Walton University of California, Davis hUG h r OCKOFF Rutgers University

Chapter 11 Questions: Please answer the following questions with minimum 100 to 150words per question)

1. Consider the role of filibusters in American expansion. What are some arguments in favor of filibustering? What are some arguments against it?

2. What are the economic and political issues raised by having an imbalance between free and slave states? Why did the balance of free and slave states matter?

3. How did Anglo-American settlers in Texas see themselves? Did they adopt a Mexican identity because they were living in Mexican territory? Why or why not?

4. Consider the annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American War from a Mexican perspective. What would you find objectionable about American actions, foreign policy, and attitudes in the 1840s?

5. Describe the place of Texas in the history of American westward expansion by comparing Texas' history to the Missouri Crisis in 1819-1820. What are the similarities and what are the differences?

Chapter 17 Questions: Please answer the following questions with minimum TWO HUNDRED words)

1. Describe the philosophy of Manifest Destiny. What effect did it have on Americans' westward migration? How might the different groups that migrated have sought to apply this philosophy to their individual circumstances?

2. Compare the myth of the "Wild West" with its reality. What elements of truth would these stories have contained, and what was fabricated or left out? What was life actually like for cowboys, ranchers, and the few women present in mining towns or along the cattle range?

3. What were the primary methods that the U.S. government, as well as individual reformers, used to deal with the perceived Indian threat to westward settlement? In what ways were these methods successful and unsuccessful? What were their short-term and long-term effects on Native Americans?

4. Describe the ways in which the U.S. government, local governments, and/or individuals attempted to interfere with the specific cultural traditions and customs of Indians, Hispanics, and Chinese immigrants.What did these efforts have in common? How did each group respond?

5. In what ways did westward expansion provide new opportunities for women and African Americans? In what ways did it limit these opportunities?