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Digital History: War Fever and Antiwar Protests

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What started out as a prowar inclination of American citizens at the beginning of the Mexican War soon deteriorated. Read about the opposition of politicians, clergymen, and intellectuals to the reasoning for the war, and later for the way the war was being waged.

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Concepts
civil disobedience, henry clay, henry david thoreau
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Additional Tags
moral law, digital history, mexican war, u.s. aggression, war fever and antiwar protests, whigs, casualties in the mexican war, opposition to the mexican war, protest against the mexican war, treatment of mexican citizens, mexican war (1846-1848)
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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