Mexican American War

 Mexican American War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOCr_4N0RM0

Why did we go to war with Mexico?  What were the long-term impacts?  Were we justified in our efforts?  What was the importance of Manifest Destiny and how did it play out through American Society?  Work and finish the DBQ on this topic.

61. The Mexican War of 1846 was fought primarily to (A) avenge the slaughter of 186 Texans at the Alamo by Santa Anna’s Mexican force (B) drive the Spanish from Mexico and establish Mexican freedom once and for all (C) stop raids by Mexican “bandits” into U.S. territory in Texas and Arkansas (D) acquire California, New Mexico and disputed territory along Texas’ southern and western borders from Mexico (E) depose the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, and replace his regime with a democratically elected government friendly to the United States.

6 Word Summary of Period 4

 

How succinctly can you summarize the economic changes in Period 4?  Think, pair, share.

Let's examine the Rubric and understand how we analyze documents.  Where does 
PERSIA, SOAPstone, Hippo, etc, fit in.

Jefferson and Jackson Contrasts and Similarities

 

What you should have done (definition, significance- historical and conceptual), by now:

• Mercantilism
• Colonialism
• Ethnocentrism
• American Exceptionalism
• Nativism
• Rebellion
• Racism
• Sectionalism
• Sovereignty
• Republicanism
• Democracy
• Fundamentalism
• Compromise
• Equality
• Federalism
• Immigration 
• Laissez Faire
• Protestantism

If you have not defined all then do that.  You should be adding examples to your categories with each reaching (i.e. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions under Sectionalism, Nat Turner's Rebellion under Rebellion or Racism, etc)

How were these two similar?  How were they different?  What did they mean for American Democracy and Society?

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z9Q6Xoaho9Si_w-cfMDfAo1_zH-UsSaR/edit#slide=id.p15

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WQqZBGqlU8VGviNFG0rqLWymV_gB3l6u/edit#slide=id.p5