Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
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H
ow w
as the Mexican
-
American War (1846
-
18
48) related to the idea
of
manifest destiny?
Your paper should
summarize the topic and
open with a
clear and defensible thesis statement
that is
backed
up with supporting evidence
throughout the body of the pape
r. Your paper should end with a
str
ong concl
usion.
Your paper should
discuss
the following
sub
-
topics:
1.
President James K. Polk and the ideology of “Manifest Destiny”
a.
Please describe
the ideology of Manifest Destiny
.
Also, please d
iscuss
James K. Polk’s
1845
inaugural
address statement
on manifest destiny and the Mexican
-
American war:
“
None can fail to see the danger to our safety and future peace if Texas remains an
independent state or becomes an ally or dependency of some foreign nation more powerful
than herself
...
my duty to assert and maintain by all Constitutional means the right of the
United States to that portion of our territory which lies beyond the Rocky Mountains.
[E]
ighty years ago our population was confined on the west by the ridge of the Alleghanies.
W
ithin that period
--
within the lifetime, I might say, of some of my hearers
--
our people,
increasing to many millions, have filled the eastern valley of the Mississippi, adventurously
ascended the Missouri to its headsprings, and are already engaged in estab
lishing the
blessings of self
-
government in valleys of which the rivers flow to the Pacific. The world
beholds the peaceful triumphs of the industry of our emigrants
...
The jurisdiction of our
laws and the benefits of our republican institutions should be ex
tended over them in the
distant regions which they have selected for their homes.
”
2.
T
he
beginning of the Mexican
-
American war and Texas
a.
Discuss why this war began
.
What was the
connection
with
slavery
?
3.
The end of the Mexican
-
American war
a.
What was the trea
ty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo
? Citizenship for former Mexican citizens? Did
this Include Native Americans?
4.
Gadsden Purchase
a.
Discuss what this was. Also, please discuss its effect on the Tohono O’odham tribe.
5.
Racial implications of US taking
present
-
day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico
(
but
not taking over the rest of Mexico
)
a.
Why do you think that the US only took the northern territories of Mexico after the war?
Why did the US not invade
and take over
all of Mexico?
Objective
s for your paper
include developing your skills to express your ideas clearly in writing, cite sorces 6 to 8 pages
Project ID: #24721193
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