One of the causes of westward expansion was
that, a man named Horace Greeley published a news paper telling people to move
westward. Another cause that made our people move westward was that, the
Government was offering land to whoever moved to the west. Example; The
Government said that whatever land they find in the west would be theirs for
free and that you can also find many riches in the far west. This is also
connected to the American dream. Some stuff of the American dream is, starting
a new life, finding wealth and having a family. Like the saying, having a white
picket fence house. However, the American dream was a Manifest Destiny. The
American dream was far beyond this because what the Government stated wasn’t
exactly true. Manifest means paranormal and destiny means meant to be. So, this
is a meant to be paranormal journey. Another cause that made people move
westward was that many cities were crowded so most people didn’t have enough
space to be comfortable enough to live a normal life. The start of this
American dream was in the mid 1800’s in Missouri. Many people would follow the
Oregon Trail that started in Missouri and ended in Oregon in order to move
farther west. Most people would walk the trail but other people used ox’s to
pull their schooners up the trail. Other people like the Mormons also moved
westward to start a new life since they were discriminated because of their
religion. Some effects of westward expansion was that, (exact amount unknown)
20,000 to 30,000 people died by traveling on the Oregon Trail. Do to the harsh
obstacles the travelers had to face like harsh weathers, rivers and high
mountains and also, the Native Americans. Most travelers had to literally leave
everything behind in order to continue the American dream. A positive effect of
westward expansion was that over 250,000 Americans successfully moved westward.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Chen Guangcheng out of U.S embassy
Basically,
Mr. Chen was forced out of the U.S embassy by Chinese officials. I think that
this is a catastrophe, something that should never be done because the way in
which Mr. Chen was forced out of the embassy was that Chinese officials
threatened to beat his wife if Mr. Chen continued under American protection. But
then they changed and reversed the message that they gave to Mr. Chen by saying
that they said, they would send his wife back to Shandong and that, no one
could assure her safety there. Also, that if his family is put in Shandong, he
would be able to reunite with his family once again. One moral I saw in this
story is that6, family is more important then everything. Mr. Chen left his
important job just to be back reunited with his family once again. But in the
other hand, after escaping house arrest and seeking asylum from the U.S
embassy, he should be able to know that, his country would try to retaliate against
his wife and son since he is violating China’s domestic policy. But, beating
his wife is no what to resolve this conflict. The Chinese said they will
investigate the authorities that sent Mr. Chen this harsh message. I think that
they said this just to show that they never threatened to resolve this in a way
using violence. Their simply just trying to full the U.S saying that Chen had
been given the wrong message. At least back in china they gave Chen Guangchen
some liberties like letting him study law in one of China’s 7 cities. The U.S
also showed respect by pledging that he gets some funds for Mr. Chen’s
teachings and for his family. My question is; why did Obama turn over this
freedom activist who escaped back to the Chinese authorities? And mostly
because it would cause confusion and disturbance for the U.S. I guess Obama
cared about his family too but, was it worth the risk? A freedom activist is an
activist that acts upon his or her beliefs based on their countries freedom
(people in the countries freedom). Activists also go against anyone that has
the antithesis beliefs they have. The countries freedom could become more
inferior then before.
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