Carlota By Scott ODell A book set during the Mexican- American War 1846-1848.
401 California Gold Rush. 402 Starting in 1848, thousands of people began traveling west to search for gold and other precious metals. Few people actually.
New U.S. Territories
9 pages… The U.S. government and its citizens believed that the nation’s “destiny” or fate was to expand westward from sea to sea. 8.6C.
Amy KonopinskiNick Hernandez Andy HostetlerAmanda Wolke Jim Swetter 0.
Texas People Stephen Austin-led settlers into Texas Santa Anna-Mexican leader Sam Houston-commander of Texas Army, first President of Texas. Davey Crockett-frontiersman,
Oregon (Britain) Texas & War with Mexico. “…our manifest destiny [is] to overspread the continent allotted by providence for the free development of our.
Promised to only run for 4 years Promised to get California from Mexico Promised to settle Oregon dispute “Fifty Four Forty or Fight” Wanted.
Launch List 1. Describe the Missouri Compromise. 2. What was the Gag Rule? 3. Why did Preston Brooks put Charles Sumner in a coma?
The Annexation of Texas. Expansion in Texas Mexicans invited U.S. to settle in TX and buy lots of cheap land Texas became very popular, and Andrew Jackson.
The Road to War In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain. Mexico became an independent republic.
U.S. Expansion 1803-1860. Manifest Destiny John O’Sullivan Young America Movement –Free trade, social reform, westward expansion, support for republicanism.