1. AIM: Was the Mexican War in the National Interest?
U.S. Expansion Westward
AIM: Was the Mexican War in the National Interest?

2. “It was the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to over spread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying”
John L. Sullivan 1845

4. I. The Mexican War
Arguments Supporting
Arguments Opposing

5. A. Wilmot Proviso

6. B. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 1848
a.Rio Grande named southern border.
b. Mexican Cession for $15 million
c. New States

7. C. Gadsen Purchase 1853
$10 million
Wanted to build a southern RR

9. II. Impact
A. Identity: How did a belief in white racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority affect Manifest Destiny?

10. What political debates emerged as new territory in the West was acquired?

11. How was the environment transformed as a result of westward migration?

12. How did expansion westward impact U.S. foreign policy?