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As stated in the text for much of the early history of Nevada it was never considered as a place for settlement but instead used for quicker and easier trails to California or trapping expeditions. The Mexican-American war, the movement of the Mormons into the West, and the search for mineral wealth all indirectly ended up leading to the settlement of the territory.
Initially Nevada was a territory of Mexico that they had gained after achieving independence from the Spanish in the early 19th century. Unfortunately for Mexico, as the 19th Century progressed the idea of Manifest Destiny, which stated that Americans had not only the right but the responsibility to encompass all territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific, became more prevalent and eventually led to the Mexican-American War. This war was about who would control essentially California and by extension almost all of what is now the southwestern United States and Nevada. After winning the war Nevada officially became a US territory, though still not a state Nevada became much more attractive to settlers.
After the Mexican-American war the southern 10% of what is now Nevada became a part of the New Mexico territory and the rest was a part of the Utah territory governed under Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormon religion at the time. After the murder of the founder of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young decided to move the religion further west in 1846, eventually settling a year later in what is now Utah. After Nevada became a part of the Utah territory and was under the power of Brigham Young, the governor sent a party out to establish trading posts and begin the settlement of the territory. Brigham Young also sent...
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...reelection. Failing that, if no candidate received a majority, President Lincoln needed the extra Republican votes in the House of Representatives to select him as the winner. Finally, the more radical congressional Republicans wanted more Republican votes in congress so that they could legislatively control Reconstruction, The passage of this bill led to the successful writing and ratification of a new constitution and Nevada’s admittance as a state in 1864.
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Three provisions that the delegates at the 1864 Constitutional convention had to follow were as follows
(3) the Constitutional Convention must disclaim all rights to unappropriated lands in Nevada; (4) land owned by U.S. Citizens outside Nevada must not be discriminated against in taxation; and (5) there must be no taxation of federal property in the state.
(The Sagebrush State, 4th edition; page 20).
In the election of 1860 there were four candidates running; Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckenridge, and John Bell. The Republicans nominated Lincoln, the northern Democrats nominated Douglas, the southern Democrats nominated Breckenridge, and the Constitutional Union Party (Independent/Moderate party) selected John Bell (U-s-history.com). It is believed that because the Democrat Party was split during the election, and therefore had two candidates in which the Democratic voters had to choose between, it divided the Democrat vote and caused Lincoln to win the election. The b...
Expansion of a nation was nothing new in terms of history. The fighting, buying and selling of land in North America was a common event during the 1800s. The United States had started expanding in 1803 with President Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory whose borders where not clearly defined. After the War of 1812 with the British, the northern border of this territory was defined at the 49th parallel. Then in 1819, Spain sold its claim to Florida to the United States. The United States wanted to continue to expand itself westward to the Pacific Ocean, a territory then owned by Mexico. The acquirement of this territory occurred after the Mexican War. How the territory was acquired by the United States is the topic in question.
Section 2. “This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several St...
When learning about the reception of these resolutions by the constitutional convention, part of me isn’t surprised, given the prevailing views at the time; another part of me is shocked that these men can simply ignore the wrongs that have been so clearly laid out in front of them. It reminds me that we have wrongs that are allowed in today’s society, which may be more subtle, but no less important, and are ignored by our representatives.
Before the Gold rush, the United States was at war with Mexico over territory. If it had not been for the Treaty of Guadalupe in 1848 the United States might have turned out differently than it currently is today. The Treaty of Guadalupe was signed on February 2, 1848 and ended the Mexican-American war. Mexico transferred nearly half of their land to the U.S. (Rohrbough 12). Some Americans felt it was part of Manifest Destiny, especially by believer President James Polk (Smith, Orsi, and Rawls 26). The Treaty of Guadalupe guaranteed that any Mexican citizen in California who did not want to continue their allegiance to Mexico would within a year be granted the automatic “title and rights of citizens...
Since the mid 1800s, Mormons, or also referred to as the Latter-Day Saints, have been a thriving religion in the United States. Founded by Joseph smith in 1830, it has grown from a small group of outcasts to a significant size of nearly seven million followers. Joseph Smith was the first prophet and president of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. After the murder of Joseph Smith in 1844, a man named Brigham Young migrated with bulk of the Mormons to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1847, where they made their home. Today, president and prophet of the current Church is Thomas S. Manson who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City is the home of the Mormon Church headquarters, much like Rome, Italy is the hub of the Roman Catholic Church. Mormons accept the basic teaching of Christianity, but like all Christian denominations, they have their own particular take on things.
U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian “Constitutional Convention and Ratification, 1787–1789” (December 22, 2013)
After the preamble the second part of the Constitution is the seven articles which describe the elements of the Constitution. One of the articles gives the legislativ...
They belive that Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet for the church and given the task of translating the book of mormon. The Book of Mormon is Another testament of Jesus Christ, similar to the Bible. He soon founded his own church and began converting people to his faith. Soon persecuted for their beliefs, they left New York moving first to Ohio, then Missouri, and finally Nauvoo, Illinois where they lived for five years. At that time, an anti-Mormon lynch mob found and killed Joseph and his brother Hyrum Smith. Brigham Young then became Smith's successor as the second prophet of the church, and led the Mormons away to Utah where they settled at Salt- Lake-
In the start of 1860, sectional dilemmas disputing over the topic of the expansion of slavery into territories that splintered in Northern and Southern factions after the Democratic Party left. Because of this the Northern Democrats decided to recommend Stephen Douglas. They chose Stephen Douglas because his campaigned highlighted the use of compromise to prevent disunion. However, the Southern Democrats recommend John C. Breckenridge. Every republican backed up Abraham Lincoln and his decision to prohibit the expansion of slavery into new territories. He also prohibited implementing several economic policies created to revitalize Northern industry. Once the Democrats expressed divided opposition, the Republican Party then obtained enough electoral votes to insert Lincoln into the White House with minimal support from the South. For these reasons, the North and South did not get along well, which caused a split in the Republican
state’s lands. Any amendment to the articles required the unanimous approval of all 13 states.
Americans, inspired by the idea of manifest destiny meaning it was their God given right to rule the entire, mass, amount of land from ocean to ocean. Thanks to this vision it quickly sent current land occupiers, Californios or Mexico, and the United States in two completely different directions. In 1846, Mexican soldiers rose up against United States forces. On May 31, 1846 President James K. Polk declared war. A small California Republic, The Bear Flag Revolt, seized Sonoma for naval forces to occupy in hopes of wining the war. The Mexican War didn’t bring about much fighting just a hot potato game of territory conquering, but in January of 1847 Andres Pico a Mexican official surrendered to U.S. lieutenant John Fremont (Uschan 10). Formally in May of 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was reviewed by both temperamental parties and after approval from the United State...
Both sides desired a republican form of government. Each wanted a political system that would “protect the equality and liberty of the individuals from aristocratic privilege and…tyrannical power.” (404) However, the north and south differed greatly in “their perceptions of what most threatened its survival.” (404) The secession by the south was an attempt to reestablish republicanism, as they no longer found a voice in the national stage. Prior to the 1850s, this conflict had been channeled through the national political system. The collapse of the two-party system gave way to “political reorganization and realignment,” wrote Holt. The voters of the Democrats shifted their influence toward state and local elections, where they felt their concerns would be addressed. This was not exclusively an economically determined factor. It displayed the exercise of agency by individual states. Holt pointed out, “[T]he emergence of a new two-party framework in the South varied from state to state according to the conditions in them.” (406) The “Deep South” was repulsed by the “old political process,” most Southerners trusted their state to be the safeguards of republicanism. (404) They saw the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, a member of the “the anti-Southern Republican party,” as something the old system could not
The presidential election of 1864 was one of the most significant in American history. It took place in Union states during a bloody civil war, with no precedent for voting in a divided nation, and with seemingly ample justification for postponement. The vigorous yet methodical procedure of the 1864 election, with comparatively little corruption and minor viciousness, became an excellent illustration and vindication of the democratic process itself. Furthermore, it was an election in which voters cast ballots to decide on fundamental problems regarding the course of the war, the government, and American society. This campaign asked some of the most vital questions to be considered since the creation of the nation. Should the institution of slavery be expanded, continued, or abolished? Should a war that was to forever change American life be continued or was it time to make a compromise with the south and end it? And who should take the place of the unpopular President Lincoln who seemed doomed to defeat?
The federal government created Oregon Territory on August 14, 1848. The area of the new jurisdiction included what we know as Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana today. Finding gold in California in 1848 started a large migration westward of people, and the settlement of Oregon Territory was promoted by the passage of the Donation Land Claims Act of 1850, which gave 160 acres to any U.S. citizen who agreed to stay on his or her land for five years.