Wednesday, November 13
Intro to Manifest Destiny
Thursday, November 14
Manifest Destiny - movement west
Map - Growth of the US from 1783 to 1853
Friday, November 15
Western Expansion Primary Sources
Trails Westward reading assignment Download
Expansion into Texas
Monday, November 18
Document Analysis - Was War with Mexico justified?
download the documents
Read both viewpoints - 30A and 30B and create arguments for and against war with Mexico
1) You should have 3 points with 3 pieces of evidence for each point. Do this for both for and
against the war with Mexico
War was Justified War was not Justified
Point 1 Point 1
- 3 pieces of evidence supporting - 3 pieces of evidence supporting
Point 2 Point 2
- 3 pieces of evidence supporting - 3 pieces of evidence supporting
Point 3 Point 3
- 3 pieces of evidence supporting - 3 pieces of evidence supporting
2) Which side do you support and why?
Tuesday, November 19
Mexican War (was it justified?)
.....and then the Gold Rush
Wednesday, November 20
Unit Test - Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War
Study the Unit Sheet - especially the cause/effect
Know important people - Stephen Kearney, Joseph Smith, John Fremont, Santa Anna, Sam Houston,
Brigham Young, Stephen F. Austin, Zachary Taylor
Study the Map too
Mexican War written response due with the Test -
typed, double spaced, written in third person past tense, printed out
prior to class!!!