Themes and Threads: Expansion

The Great Nation of Futurity

Source: John L. O Sullivan, “The Great Nation of Futurity,” United States Magazine and Democratic Review, vol. 6, issue 23, 426–430, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035929606&view=1up&seq=428. The American people having derived their origin from

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1877–1917

The Annexation of Hawaii

Explains U.S. economic, strategic, and political forces behind Hawaii’s annexation, highlighting native resistance and debates over imperialism and constitutional authority.

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