Manifest Destiny

“Manifest Destiny… the silent driving force of U.S. expansionism “to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” ~ John L. O’Sullivan

Use the website below to answer the following questions about the map. There is a link to this website at my page on the high school website. - go to my faculty page and click on Honors History to the left. The link to this page is at the top.

1. Match the following letters on the Map to the items at right.

1840s Map

Use the maps in Chapter 17 of your book and on the Internet to complete the map provided on the other page by using the following directions:

  1. Lightly shade and label the following political regions: (use any 5 different colors for shading)

Mexico The United States The Republic of Texas Disputed Area Oregon Country

  1. Determine which dots on your map indicate which of the following towns. Label them

accordingly and color them yellow.

Monterey Sutter's Fort San AntonioSanta Fe

IndependenceSan Diego Salt Lake City Monterrey

Astoria NauvooHouston Ft. Leavenworth

Sonoma Corpus Christi St. LouisLos Angeles

New Orleans San Francisco Fort Laramie

  1. Use dark red to draw in the following settler trails.

the Oregon Trail the California Trail the Mormon Trail

  1. Use dark blue to draw in the routes of the following U.S. military commanders during the

Mexican-American War.

Fremont Kearny Taylor Scott

E. Determine which of the little explosion symbols on your map indicate which of the following
Mexican-American War battlesites. Label them accordingly and color them red.

Sonoma Monterrey Buena Vista San Jacinto the Alamo

F. Draw a key in the space provided.

U.S. - Mexican War Webquest

Go to the URL:

Click on the yellow markers on the timeline to view different events regarding the U.S. – Mexican War!

Before the War:

  • 1519-1521: Hernan Cortes conquers ______
  • 1535: Spain establishes ______
  • 1607 : ______

SKIP 1610

SKIP 1718

  • 1776: United States’ 13 colonies declare ______

SKIP 1781

  • 1803: Louisiana Purchase: U.S. ______

SKIP 1804-1806

  • 1810: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla delivers a speech ______
  • 1819: US and Mexico sign the ______
  • 1820: The U.S. Congress passes ______
  • 1821: Mexico wins ______

SKIP 1822

  • 1823: With only 2,500 of its own settlers living in Texas, Mexico offers______

______

  • 1824: ______trail
  • 1824: Mexico becomes ______

SKIP 1830

SKIP 1833

  • 1835: Mexico’s new constitution centralizes the government’s power and outlaws slavery ______. American settlers in Texas ______.
  • 1836: General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ______
  • 1836: The Texans defeat______
  • CLICK ON READ MORE! The two sides disagree on the validity of the Treaty of Velasco. What did each side say?

SKIP 1839

SKIP 1844

War Years

  • March 1 1845: Outgoing President ______

SKIP March 4 1845

  • March 31, 1845: In response to the annexation of Texas, Juan Almonte ambassador to the U.S. ______

SKIP APRIL 5, 1845

  • June 16, 1845: The Texas Congress accepts ______
  • July 1845: President Polk sends several army officers into Mexico
  • July 4 1845: Mexico still does not recognize ______

SKIP from November 1845 to March 1846

  • March 1846: General Taylor’s army moves into disputed ______

SKIP April 1846

  • May 1846: Polk asks the U.S. Congress to ______

SKIP May 8-9 1846

  • June 1846: Describe the “Bear Flag” revolt
  • July 1856: Californians declare allegiance to ______
  • August 1846: Describe the Wilmot Proviso. Was is approved?

SKIP from September 1846 to February 1847

  • February 1847: Civil revolt breaks out in Mexico City ______
  • February 1847: The U.S. government continues its massive effort to recruit ______

SKIP from February 22-23 1847 to August 27, 1847

  • August 27 1847: Talks of Peace. Santa Anna will offer only ______. The war ______….

SKIP from September 8 1847 to Sept 14 1847

  • September 13 1847: U.S. Army occupies ______

SKIP to February 2 1848

  • February 2 1848- Negotiators sign Treaty______
  • CLICK ON MORE INFORMATION (allow Pop-Ups)
  • Read the last two paragraphs before the map on this page
  • Where was the Treaty signed? ______
  • Mexico had to cede ______% of its territory. What is this in present-day states? ______(abbr).
  • What did Mexico get in return? ______
  • What did Article V say?
  • Article VIII and IX
  • Article XI
  • Article XXI

AFTER THE WAR

  • 1849: Zachary Taylor ______

SKIP 1850

  • 1853: Gadsden Purchase: U.S. purchases land in present-day ______

SKIP 1853-1855

  • 1854-1855: Describe the Kansas-Nebraska Act

SKIP from 1858-1861 to 1860

  • 1860: Abraham Lincoln is ______
  • THINK: Look at the map. Who has more territory now?