EXPANSION-Bridget+S,+Hank+W,+Natalie+M,+Kai+Y

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BRIDGET S -- Compare the debate that took place over American expansionism in the 1840s with those that took place in the 1890s, analyzing the similarities and differences in the debates of the two eras.

HANK W -- Compare the expansionist foreign policies of President Thomas Jefferson and James K. Polk. To what extent did their policies strengthen the United States?

NATALIE M -- Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the nineteenth century used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery.

KAI Y -- Assess the moral argument and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of the following
 * Missouri Compromise
 * Mexican War
 * Compromise of 1850
 * Kansas Nebraska Act