5.2 | Mid-19th Century U.S. Foreign Policy and Territorial Growth - SHS

In your response you should do the following.
• Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
• Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
• Support an argument in response to the prompt using specific and relevant examples of evidence.
• Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, continuity or change over time) to frame or structure an
argument that addresses the prompt.
• Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt.

Evaluate the extent to which changes in United States foreign policy contributed to territorial growth from 1840 to 1898.