American Imperialism In The 19th Century
An ideology is a system of ideas or beliefs a person has. Racial ideology is a person’s belief on a particular race. This belief can either be good or bad. The westward expansion of the United States has relied on racial ideologies that exist in the Eastern states. This is because of the origin of American Imperialism in the westward expansion across the Mississippi and the Pacific. They believe that it was their ethical duty by establishing their new nations. American Imperialism is the idea of dominance economically, politically and culturally. It is the economic, military and cultural influence of the United States on other countries. The economic and political development of the new nation in the early 19th century intersected with racial formation and settler colonialism. The enslaved Blacks, Native Americans and women then resisted the hierarchies’ reproduce in the new nation. As the American Imperialism originated across the Mississippi, pioneer families who searched for land pushed west. They went through the Cumberland Gap and spread throughout parts of lower Mississippi River valley. The Mississippi River
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During 1802, even though there was not many black’s living there at that time, representatives of the first Ohio territorial convention moved to limit blacks’ economic and political opportunities. Although slavery was prohibited in Ohio and other areas, blacks’ still did not have the right to vote. Shorty during 1803, as Ohio became a state the legislators took a course of action to prevent the in-migration of free blacks altogether (Jones, 229). In Indians, the territorial legislature passed a “black law” preventing blacks or Indians form testifying in court against whites. Black families were defenseless to kidnapping in the Northwest Territory. Some of the white men captured free blacks and then sold them as slaves to owners I the South who had plantations (Jones,
During 1802, even though there was not many black’s living there at that time, representatives of the first Ohio territorial convention moved to limit blacks’ economic and political opportunities. Although slavery was prohibited in Ohio and other areas, blacks’ still did not have the right to vote. Shorty during 1803, as Ohio became a state the legislators took a course of action to prevent the in-migration of free blacks altogether (Jones, 229). In Indians, the territorial legislature passed a “black law” preventing blacks or Indians form testifying in court against whites. Black families were defenseless to kidnapping in the Northwest Territory. Some of the white men captured free blacks and then sold them as slaves to owners I the South who had plantations (Jones,