Mexican War

Instructions:  Download the worksheet to Microsoft word and save it to your folder.  Read the articles and watch the attached video to answer the questions.

Worksheet:  In Word format

Manifest Destiny: An Introduction

Kearney article on Manifest Destiny

Video Clips:  This is the link to the library of video clips.  Watch the following.

1. “Two nations’ identities: Looking forward and looking back”
2. “Mexico in the shadow of its own history”
3. “The American Indians: Protecting sacred land”
4. “Manifest Destiny and American continental expansion”

Worksheet #2:  Word

An Ideal or a Justification

Video Clips:  This is the link to the library of video clips.  Watch the following.

1. “The war and slavery: Some American voices of dissent”
2. “Looking back: A just war?”

Worksheet #3:

Interactive Timeline

Video Clips:  This is the link to the library of video clips.  Watch the following.

• “Mexico after independence: Much land, few settlers”
• “Mexico opens Texas to Americans who come to claim it as their own”
• “Sam Houston’s Texans avenge the Alamo and defeat Santa Anna at San Jacinto”
• “Polk orders American troops into disputed territory”