Chapter 11-12 Discussion
Chapter 11-12 Discussion
Choose one of the following discussion options:
A. After reading and reviewing Chapter 12 andwatchingthe video(s), answer one of the following discussion questions. Make sure to include relevant points to your answer and make sure that your information is correctly cited. You must post before you can see the posts of others.
1. Does the history of the cotton kingdom support or undermine the Jeffersonian vision of white farmers on self-sufficient farms?
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2. What strategies did slaves employ to resist, revolt, and sustain their own independent communities andcultures? How did slaves use white southerners' own philosophies - paternalism andChristianity -for example, to their advantage in these efforts?
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B.After reading and reviewing Chapter 11 and watching the video(s), answer one of the following discussion questions. Make sure to include relevant points to your answer and make sure that your information is correctly cited. You must post before you can see the posts of others.
1. How did Anglo-American settlers in Texas see themselves? Did they adopt a Mexican identity because they were living in Mexican territory? Why or why not?
OR
2. Consider the annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American War from a Mexican perspective. What would you find objectionable about American actions, foreign policy, and attitudes in the 1840s?
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