2. Print Chapter 17 Learning Objectives (below)
3. Make a list of important people, places, and things from Chapter 17 to bring to class on Monday to go over for term quiz
4. Don't forget to work on your research paper, and make a little progress on your Chapter 11-12 packet.
Please note: Chapter 17 Term Quiz will be TUESDAY APRIL 19th
Chapter 17 Learning Objectives: By the end of this unit, be able to
- Explain the spirit of Manifest Destiny that inspired American expansionism in the 1840s
- indicate how American anti-British feeling led to various conflicts over debts, Maine, Canadian rebellion, Texas, and Oregon
- explain why the movement to annex Texas gained new momentum and why the issue aroused such controversy
- indicate how the issues of Oregon and Texas became central in the election of 1844 and why Polk's victory was seen as a mandate for Manifest Destiny (look up "mandate" in dictionary, please!)
- describe how issues of California and Texas boundaries created conflict and war with Mexico.
- describe how the dramatic American victory in the Mexican War led to the acquisition of the entire Southwest
- describe the consequences of the Mexican War, especially its effect on the slavery question.
