Week 4 Lecture

1. Why did many Northern Americans like Lincoln oppose the war with Mexico (before the War)?

   There was a lot more advocates for anti-slavery.

2. What was the well-known new social-political-religious myth/idea/revelation used by President James Polk to keep expanding Westward?

   Manifest Destiny

3. What did American generals (like Scott, Taylor, and Grant) accuse other American combatants of doing in Mexico?

   They would accuse other American combatants of mudering, raping and robbing innocent people.

War issued by President James K polk

1836 Texas Indepdendence

1845 Annexation of Texas

Thomas Jefferson was secularlist,

The Spanish American War

1. What was one of the most relevant events of the Spanish-American War?

   The false publication of the news of the sinking of the USS Maine. Which led to the de

1. What were the most critical consequences/outcomes of the defeat of Spain?

   Spain colonial completely ended in America

   The Philippine American War.

1. What is a "false flag operation"? Name some of the most well-known historical cases. Some have been confirmed, and others are still disputed. 

   A false flag operation is a tactic used to falsely blame

   
   

2. What was the role of Yellow Journalism in this case?

   The role of Yellow Journalism is to spread propaganda. In the case of the Spanish American war it help spread the idea that the destruction of a ship was the work of an American “enemy”

The military served oligarchy

Triggered the Spanish American War

-Sinking of the USS May. The ship exploded and

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