Summary Of We Take Nothing By Conquest Thank God

In Chapter 8 titled “We Take Nothing By Conquest… Thank God” Howard Zinn states that the reason why the United States wanted to take the land away from Mexico was to be able to conquer and expand the territory. John Tyler wanted to initiate the war in order to make Texas a state. On the other hand James Polk wanted Texas to become a state that formed part of the United States. Polk also wanted to take over California and initiated the war by sending American soldiers into the territory. The United States wanted the territory of Mexico to expand and own the land. Some territory that the United States wanted the most is where California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico are located now. In order to obtain the land the United

This was the initiative of the war that began On May 9, 1846 which was declared by President Polk. He was one of the many supporters who supported the war because his main objective was to acquire California. On the other hand, many others opposed and did not support the Mexican American war. One of them was Abraham Lincoln who opposed the war and questioned if it was necessary to fight for the American Land. Others who opposed the war of Mexico was The American Peace Society. The American Peace Society advocated peace through poems and speeches that talked about being against the war. Moreover, the Whig newspaper intelligencer declared on a newspaper Howard Zinn’s Chapter titled “We Take Nothing By Conquest.. Thank God”. John O'Sullivan had a strong concept of manifest destiny. O'Sullivan stated that it was destiny that the U.S expanded their territory to North America and extend political, social, and economic influences. In chapter 8 Zinn quotes some of O'Sullivan words when he describes his opinion towards manifest destiny. O’Sullivan states that “our manifest destiny to overspread the continent alloted by providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions” (Zinn Chapter

To support this idea of the Intimately Oppressed Zinn states that “An Oppression so private would turn out hard to uproot (Chapter 6). In chapter 6 Howard Zinn demonstrates different examples in how women have been unequally treated. In this chapter Zinn states that when women are married they had to always obey to their husband who converted into their master. Women had to become sex slaves, child barriers and good companions. Religion played a huge role when it came to sexual purity. Women were expected to be pure until they decided to get married. In fact in Chapter 6 Zinn quotes Mrs. John Sandford. In her book titled Women And Her Social and Domestic Character Sandford emphasizes that “Religion is just what woman needs. Without it she is ever restless or unhappy”(Chapter 6). In this chapter Zinn also adds in the idea that women were not allowed to be educated. Books were not allowed. Approximately 405 of women had very little communication skills. Women were tired of being unequally treated and in the early nineteenth century women began to unite together and began to create important social movements where they began to state their opinions political, social economical, and racial oppression. Later on women began to demand equal wages and better working conditions. Women were tired of being unequal