SOC 310- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)

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Most founding fathers were slave holders: created democracy for property-holding white men. Excluded women, non-whites: believed blacks were inferior, native americans were assimilable, thomas jefferson: declaration of independence, notes on virginia. American indians considered almost white and civilizable: problem=culture. Federal gov"t > civilize native americans: wanted land for white settlement, signed and broke numerous treaties. 1830: indian removal act > trail of tears. 1831: supreme court rede ned indigenous societies as domestic dependent nations (feagin. Numbers: 15 million when europeans arrived to 250k in 1890. Manifest destiny: ideology that the u. s. was destined toe extend from sea to shining sea , in uenced u. s. policy: american indians, mexicans, slavery debate. Missouri compromise (1820): prohibited slavery in former louisiana territory north of. How the west was won : louisiana purchase (1803): from france, 14 current states, indian removal act (1830, mexican-american war (1846-1848): 1/3 of mexico ceded to u. s. Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo (1848): gave mexicans in southwest u. s. citizenship.