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Section 1: Westward Expansion
Section 2: Impact of Westward Expansion
Section 3: Mexican American War Basic Facts
Section 4: Causes of the Mexican American War
Section 5: U.S Mexican War Strategy
Section 6: End of War
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When was Westward expansion?
1840 - 1860 (1a)
Who was the president during the war?
President Polk (1b)
What did President Polk campaign?
He promised to annex Texas and achieve manifest destiny for America (1b)
Why was Texas important to the U.S?
Texas Annexation was the first important step in U.S westward exspansion during this time period (1b)
Who were the first to arrive west?
Pioneers moved west first (1c)
Where were the pioneers going?
Pioneers used wagon train as they moved into the FRONTIER (1c)
What caused this movement?
1. Economic depression in the late 1830s motivated people to move west
2. Immigration caused the East to be crowed
3. "Manifest Destiny": the idea that America is destined from god to expand west "from sea to shining sea"
4. Mormons wanted to escape religious persecution in the East (1d)
2. Immigration caused the East to be crowed
3. "Manifest Destiny": the idea that America is destined from god to expand west "from sea to shining sea"
4. Mormons wanted to escape religious persecution in the East (1d)
What were the problems that prevented the U.S. from expanding west?
In 1846, Great Britain still owned the Oregon Territory, Mexico still controlled all of the Southwest, and natives still occupied large areas in the west (1e)
Homesteading
Pioneers were given free land in America territories if they settled/farmed the land (2a)
American Indians
Originally helped mountain men and explorers like Lewis and Clark, as settlement increased the U.S army removed natives from the land and moved them onto reservations (2b)
Transportation
Originally pioneers moved west in wagons trains/most pioneers walked while wagons carried their belongings, in 1869 the transcontinental railroad was completed and the journey was shortened to 5 days (2c)
What event caused many to move to California and when did it take place?
After American gained the Mexican Cession, gold was found in California, the California Gold Rush of 1849 brought settlers west (2d)
When was the war?
1846 - 1848 (3a)
How did the conflict begin?
Conflict started over the disputed border between Texas(U.S) and Mexico (3b)
What was the underlying motivation for the war?
The idea of "Manifest Destiny" (3c)