Populating the United States

LO 01.01 - Explain three ways that Manifest Destiny impacts United States workplaces today
LO 01.02 - Discuss three ways that the policies and the United States Imperialism (e.g., Monroe Doctrine, American Indian policies, slave codes, territorial annexations) have impacted American society and economics today
LO 02.01 - Identify three ways American Imperialism changed the demographics of the United States and explain how its legacy affects United States society and workplaces today
LO 02.02 - Discuss how various groups were impacted by immigration and expansion (e.g., Baby Boomers, African slaves, Native Americans, and European immigrants) and how their experience affects your career opportunities today
Career Relevancy
The American workplace faces many challenges in the coming years. One of the biggest is workforce development and hiring/retaining skilled workers. In your career, you will encounter people of various backgrounds, including immigrants who receive training in the U.S. to continue living in the U.S. as workers. Your understanding of the history involving their rights gives you a new perspective on how you will interact with these individuals. You will also probably deal with the idea of company expansion. Many times, smaller companies will be taken over by larger companies that have more resources, more employees, and a better business plan. This can be likened to the effects of Manifest Destiny and Imperialism as far as changing the makeup of the employees, the limits of the area the company consumes, and the way it affects the people that work for either company.