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Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze the motivations for the United States to procure California.

Address the following questions in your analysis: Using an Introduction and Conclusion

  • What motivated the United States to procure California?
  • How did the idea of Manifest Destiny and suspicions of foreign interest in California affect the process of the United States gaining California?
  • What factors impeded California statehood?
  • Were American fears of foreign interest in California unfounded?
  • What was the historical context of the California statehood debate?
  • Did the Gold Rush influence the United States in this decision?
  • Did the conditions and actions of Forty-Eighters and Forty-Niners have any political influence?

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.