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New Writing Assignment!!!! What were the most significant consequences of the U.S. war with Mexico?

The New West and the Free North Chapter 12 July 13, 2015

A. Agriculture and Land Policy 1. Populating the Midwest 2. Technological innovations 3. Federal land policy

B. Manufacturing and Mechanization 1. The American system 2. A dynamic national economy 3. The domestic market

C. Railroads: Breaking the Bonds of Nature 1. Increasing mileage 2. Propelling other industries 3. Private corporations

C. Immigrants and the Free-Labor Ladder 1. Rising immigration 2. German immigrants 3. Irish immigrants and ethnic discrimination

Westward Expansion A. Manifest Destiny 1. “Civilizing” the West 2. Manifest Destiny B. Oregon and the Overland Trail 1. Joint occupation 2. The Plains Indians 3. Indian concentration 4. Women’s hardships

“Manifest Destiny”  First coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in  ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty…”

“American Progress” by John Gast, 1872

Key Figures in Texas Independence, 1836 Sam Houston ( ) Steven Austin ( )

Texas Revolution Causes Westward Expansion*** Slavery Internal conflict among the peoples

III. The Westward Movement D. The Mexican Borderlands 1. The Mexican Southwest 2. Americans in Texas 3. Texans revolt and Independence ( ) 4. California 18:19

Treaty of Hidalgo Guadalupe See textbook page 346

Mexican American War 6-9 min clips Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

IV. Expansion and the Mexican- American War A. The Politics of Expansion 1. The problem of Texas 2. The politics of annexation 3. The annexation of Texas B. The Mexican American War, 1846– Polk’s desire for land 2. Divisive war 3. Polk’s plan 4. Early successes 9:21https://youtu.be/78ESGUxlBKQ 1:28https://vimeo.com/

IV. Expansion and the Mexican- American War C. Victory in Mexico 1. Mexican persistence 2. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

New Writing Assignment!!!! What were the most significant consequences of the U.S. war with Mexico? US achieved Manifest Destiny California Gold Rush Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo Enriched the American economy/impact on the Mexican economy Conflicts between the states over slavery (Compromise of 1850)

Golden California 1. The gold rush 2. Life in the mining towns 3. Anti-immigrant sentiment 4. Effects on Native American population

Reforming Self and Society C. Abolitionists and the American Ideal 1. Tactics and response 2. Black abolitionists 3. Emigration 4. The Underground Railroad