Three types of things:
Things you misunderstood because of the
author’s use of italic and of a phase about a future event
Things you misunderstood and why Merriam Webster Online could have saved
you
Things you misunderstood and why a table
could have saved you
On page 187, the author wrote “The world must be made safe from democracy.”
On page 503, Woodrow Wilson’s phrase “to make the world safe for democracy [bold added]” used in World War I.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
Merriam-Webster Online Americas \ ə-ˈmer-ə-kəz , -ˈme-rə- \ the lands of the western hemisphere including North, Central, and South America and the West Indies |
Merriam-Webster Online a: a
geographic area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental
authority b: an administrative subdivision of a
country c: a part of the U.S. not included within any
state but organized with a separate legislature d: a geographic area (such as a colonial
possession [such as of another country])
dependent on an external government but having some degree of autonomy 2a: an indeterminate geographic area |
Merriam-Webster Online b: freedom from external control : AUTONOMY c: controlling influence 3: one that is sovereign especially : an autonomous [having the right or power of self-government}state |
Merriam-Webster Online a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received : a state of owing deeply in debt to creditors |
Reading is not just for repeating. When you make a table for yourself, it helps you notice! Making a hand-written table on a piece of notebook paper turned sideways could have saved you. You would not have written so many words in your table since you only needed reminders to yourself. In the 3rd Part, you do not have to cover all of these, but understand all and cover examples. Reminder: this is still the age of empire without apologies.
Page |
Date |
Area |
Who/What We Fear |
Our Action |
272 |
1844 |
Texas (was Mexican colony, rebelled and attempted to join US, then a republic) |
British and their hopes for “clashes between a puppet Texas and the Yankees” - French also |
Annexation of Texas based on a “mandate” from the 1844 election |
276 |
1845+ |
California (was Mexican colony) |
British – rumor “buy or seize” |
Attempt to buy from Mexico Later Mexican War |
318 |
1863 |
Mexico (a sovereign nation on our border) |
A real danger: French invade and set up a puppet emperor |
Diplomacy and caution (Civil War required all our troops) |
319 |
1865 |
“ |
French pull out; puppet to firing squad |
Diplomacy + realistic threat of war because in 1865 able to send experienced troops |
Here
is the summary from Lesson 4:
Before the Civil War, the Pageant textbook
explains that United States had the Monroe Doctrine:
· In 1823,
a combination of verbal support for new republics (185) and the
”Self-Defense Doctrine” by avoiding an enemy “foothold” (187)
What is self-defense: “the act of defending oneself,
one's property, or a close relative” or “an affirmative defense (as to a murder
charge) alleging that the defendant used force necessarily to protect himself
or herself because of a reasonable belief that the other party intended to
inflict great bodily harm or death” (URL: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-defense)
· In the 1840s, with Texas annexation because of feared British
desires (272)
· In the
1840s, combined with “manifest destiny,” a term usually associated with
newspaperman John Louis O’Sullivan
· In the
1840s, with the Mexican War and the subsequent Mexican territories gained to
the West Coast, including the “golden prize” of California rumored to be a
British desire (276)
· In the
1860s during the American Civil War, with the French taking over Mexico and US
action limited until after the defeat of the South when Secretary of State
Seward uses diplomacy and treats to get the French to leave.