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American imperialism is the economic, military and cultural philosophy which states that the United States, either directly or indirectly, affects and controls other countries or their policies. Such influence is often closely associated with expansion into foreign territories. The concept of an American Empire was first popularised during the presidency of James K. Polk who led the United States into the MexicanAmerican War of 1846, and the eventual annexation of California and other western territories via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden purchase.

Thomas Jefferson, in the 1790s, awaited the fall of the Spanish Empire "until our population can be sufficiently advanced to gain it from them piece by piece". In turn, historian Sidney Lens notes that "the urge for expansionat the expense of other peoplesgoes back to the beginnings of the United States itself". Yale historian Paul Kennedy put it, "From the time the first settlers arrived in Virginia from England and started moving westward, this was an imperial nation, a conquering nation." Detailing George Washington's description of the early United States as an "infant empire", Benjamin Franklin's writing that "the Prince that acquires new Territory... removes the Natives to give his own People Room... may be properly called [Father] of [his] Nation", and Thomas Jefferson's statement that the United States "must be viewed as the nest from which all America, North & South is to be peopled", Chomsky stated, "the United States is the one country that exists, as far as I know, and ever has, that was founded as an empire explicitly".

1. During whose reign was this popularized?
2. Where did he reign over?
3. What was his title?
4. was there peace during his reign?
5. why?
6. Was there conflict between 2 groups?
7. Between who?
8. What year did the war break out?
9. Where did the first people settle?
10. Where did they come from?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. James K. Polk's
2. the United States
3. president
4. no
5. to annex California
6. yes
7. the United States and Mexico
8. 1846
9. Virginia
10. England

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Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th most populous state. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. The capitol is in Jefferson City on the Missouri River. The state is the 21st most extensive in area. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Mississippi River forms the eastern border of the state.

Humans have inhabited the land now known as Missouri for at least 12,000 years. The Mississippian culture built cities and mounds, before declining in the 1300s. When European explorers arrived in the 1600s they encountered the Osage and Missouria nations. The French established Louisiana, a part of New France, and founded Ste. Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764. After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South, including enslaved African Americans, rushed into the new Missouri Territory. Many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in the Boonslick area of Mid-Missouri. Soon after, heavy German immigration formed the Missouri Rhineland.

Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and California Trail all began in Missouri. As a border state, Missouri's role in the American Civil War was complex and there were many conflicts within. After the war, both Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area became centers of industrialization and business. Today, the state is divided into 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis.

1. What did European explorers find in the 1600's?
2. Who founded Louisiana?
3. Did they claim other areas?
4. Which ones?
5. When was that?
6. What about St. Louis?
7. Who acquired the Louisiana Purchase?
8. When?
9. Who was it immediately populated by?
10. How many people live in Missouri now?
11. What is the capital?
12. Did it play a role in the Civil War?
13. How come?
14. Was it considered a border state?
15. Did it play a small or large roll in westward expansion?
16. What notable trails began in Missouri?
17. Where in the US is it located?
18. What rivers are in it?
19. Is there another?
20. How many counties are in it?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Osage and Missouria nations.
2. The French
3. yes
4. Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis
5. Ste. Genevieve in 1735
6. 1764
7. United States
8. 1803
9. Americans from the Upland South
10. over six million
11. Jefferson City
12. yes
13. there were many conflicts within
14. yes
15. large
16. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and California Trail
17. Midwest
18. The Mississippi River
19. unknown
20. 114

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CHAPTER VII

As Eustace was returning, his attention was caught by repeated groans, which proceeded from a wretched little hovel almost level with the earth. "Hark!" said he to Ingram, a tall stout man-at-arms from the Lynwood estate. "Didst thou not hear a groaning?"

"Some of the Castilians, Sir. To think that the brutes should be content to live in holes not fit for swine!"

"But methought it was an English tongue. Listen, John!"

And in truth English ejaculations mingled with the moans: "To St. Joseph of Glastonbury, a shrine of silver! Blessed Lady of Taunton, a silver candlestick! Oh! St. Dunstan!"

Eustace doubted no longer; and stooping down and entering the hut, he beheld, as well as the darkness would allow him, Leonard Ashton himself, stretched on some mouldy rushes, and so much altered, that he could scarcely have been recognized as the sturdy, ruddy youth who had quitted the Lances of Lynwood but five weeks before.

"Eustace! Eustace!" he exclaimed, as the face of his late companion appeared. "Can it be you? Have the saints sent you to my succour?"

"It is I, myself, Leonard," replied Eustace; "and I hope to aid you. How is it--"

"Let me feel your hand, that I may be sure you are flesh and blood," cried Ashton, raising himself and grasping Eustace's hand between his own, which burnt like fire; then, lowering his voice to a whisper of horror, "She is a witch!"

"Who?" asked Eustace, making the sign of the cross.

Leonard pointed to a kind of partition which crossed the hut, beyond which Eustace could perceive an old hag-like woman, bending over a cauldron which was placed on the fire. Having made this effort, he sank back, hiding his face with his cloak, and trembling in every limb. A thrill of dismay passed over the Knight, and the giant, John Ingram, stood shaking like an aspen, pale as death, and crossing himself perpetually. "Oh, take me from this place, Eustace," repeated Leonard, "or I am a dead man, both body and soul!"

1. What caught Eustace attention
2. who did he think was groaning
3. was there a witch
4. what was she doing
5. who is Eustace to Leonard
6. what did aston wisper
7. what did leomard point at
8. who was trembling
9. where was the caldrone
10. who became pale as death
11. who questions his death both body and soul
12. who made the sign of the cross
13. was it dark out
14. who wanted eustace to take him away
15. does it appear they are afraid
16. why
17. whos hands were like fire
18. did the Castilians live in holes

Numbered answers:

A:
1. repeated groans
2. Some of the Castilians
3. Yes
4. bending over a cauldron
5. his late companion
6. She is a witch!
7. a partition
8. Eustace
9. on the fire
10. John Ingram
11. Leonard
12. Eustace
13. Yes
14. Leonard
15. Yes
16. They were shaking, and freaked when someone popped up
17. Ashton
18. Yes