PPT-The West: Mexican-American War

The West MexicanAmerican War Event 1 US annexes Texas in March 1845 Event 2 Border Dispute leads to war in June 1845 Event 3 Bear Flag Revolt in Somoma CA 1 2 3 Event 4 General Taylor Drives Santa. and Its Legacy. “Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions”. - John L. O’Sullivan, 1845. Election of 1836. Chapter 9.2. Main Idea. Americans believed in the rightful expansion of the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean as they increasingly moved west. This concept is known as “Manifest Destiny.”. By . Sydni. Kitchen. Who was involved in the Mexican American War?. Many types of people, religions, and states were involved in the war such as: Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, Utah, Nevada, California, Maine, . . Manifest Destiny Defined. Ideological basis for belief:. Sincere belief in democracy and republicanism. Idealized view of U.S. as model for others. Ideology intertwined with racist and imperialistic ideas about Indians and Mexicans.. The Texans. Colonel William Travis. Jim Bowie. Davy Crockett. 180-250 men. 21 guns. Colonel William Travis, Jim Bowie & Davy Crockett. Crockett was American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. Westward Expansion Edition. How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?. Doubled the size of the United States. What were the Alien & Sedition Acts? . Laws that made it illegal to speak, write, or publish criticisms of the government. Antonio robles. Professor Ramos . English 1a. march 7, 2017. thesis. Mexican Americans are a part of a different kind of culture in the United States. They’re a community that are strong hard working people. They don’t complain but instead fight for what they believe in and what is right. Mexican Americans are Chicano and Chicana warriors in a sense of protest. Settlement in the United States is just a homeland that they won’t stop fighting for and one day make come true. Mexican Americans are employs, family, and Chicano community. The notable Mexican Americans are a testament on how we can and we are Mexican Americans. . Objective : Determining the causes of the Mexican American War. The Annexation of Texas by the U.S. angered the Mexican Government.. Mexico never acknowledged Texas as independent and felt the U.S. had no right to take its territory. . Line to which they wanted the northern territory to extend.. 54 - 40. Father Hidalgo y . Costilla’s. rebellion in 1810 inspired …..?. the Mexican independence movement.. What description fits the group of people known as “forty-niners”?. “Expansionism partially succeeded [during era of the Mexican War] because for a relatively few years expansionists managed to forge a sectional alliance that convinced Americans that expansion could solve problems that, if untreated, would destroy the republic. The irony would be that expansionism itself would very nearly destroy the republic.” . Social – Why did the West attracted so many people?. The population was rapidly growing in the East, Americans were running out of room, they had to move West.. Economic hardships (panics and depressions) in the East pushed Americans to the West.. Lessons 1-6. a boat that moves by the power of a steam engine. a person who comes to a country from another country. a route across land. the physical characteristics of an area of land. a human-made waterway. Lessons 1-6. a boat that moves by the power of a steam engine. a person who comes to a country from another country. a route across land. the physical characteristics of an area of land. a human-made waterway. ATTITUDES TrWARD ACCENTED ENGLISH1Ellen Bouchard RyanDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Notre DameandMiguel A CarranzaDepartment of SociologyUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnUS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHEDU