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| Overview
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| Background
Essay: Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny |
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One: Westward Expansion to 1844 |
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Two: Defining Manifest Destiny |
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Lessons
Three & Four: Texas Annexation Debate
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Lesson
Five: Texas Annexation & Opposition
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Lesson
Six: Polk’s Election
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Lesson
Seven: Mexican- American War
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Lesson
Eight: Mexican- American War Document Based Question
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Lesson
Nine: Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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Lesson
Ten: Oregon
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| Assessment
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| Handouts,
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| Lesson
One: Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 |
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Lesson
One: Outline Map
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Two: John L. O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny, 1839 |
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Lesson
Two: On the Annexation of Texas (1845) John O'Sullivan
and "Manifest Destiny"
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Lessons
Three & Four: Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin
Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836
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Lessons
Three & Four: Relations Between Texas, The United
States of America and the Mexican Republic
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Lesson
Five: Annexation of Texas. Joint Resolution of the Congress
of the United States, March 1, 1845
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Lesson
Five: Inaugural Address of James Knox Polk
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| Lesson
Five: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - Annexation
of Texas |
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Lesson
Five: Mr. Clay - The Texas Question
(pages 1-7 below) |
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| Lesson
Six: Inaugural Address of James Knox Polk |
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| Lesson
Six: MP3 Audio of They Might Be Giants |
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| Lesson
Six: Lyrics to They Might Be Giants |
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| Lesson
Six: James Knox Polk Biography |
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| Lesson
Six: Description of Mexican-American War |
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Lesson
Eight: Mexican- American War Document Set
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Lesson
Eight: Treaty with Mexico (February 2, 1848)
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Lesson
Ten: The 1846 Oregon Treaty
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| Bibliography |
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