1. do now
Based on your homework reading, why was the Mexican-American War fought? Explain your answer.

2. 601: THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Unit 6: Sectionalism and the Civil War
12/15

3. “American Progress” by John Gaston

4. Political Roundup…

5. The Election of 1836 Martin Van Buren – Jackson’s VP The Panic of 1837
“Dead” Nat’l Bank

6. 1840 Candidates! Democrats Whigs Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison + John Tyler
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!”
“Log Cabins and Hard Cider!”

7.
Harrison Drunk History

8. James K. Polk (D)
Believed in Manifest Destiny

9. OREGON
“Fifty-four forty or fight!”
Treaty: 49th parallel

10. CALIFORNIA
(Small numbers of Mexicans) + (U.S. settlers) = (calls for independence)

11. How can western expansion result in sectionalism?

13. Textbook (pp. 266-273) Analyzing Timelines, p. 267
Answer question 2
Analyzing Geography, p. 268
Answer question 1
Document-Based Questions, p. 273
Answer questions 1-4

14. Thinking questions
Is Manifest Destiny an example of American exceptionalism?
No matter your opinion on the first two, how could Manifest Destiny help to lead to the Civil War?

15. How could Manifest Destiny help to lead to the Civil War
How could Manifest Destiny help to lead to the Civil War? How is the Mexican-American war tie an example of Manifest Destiny in action?