The Mexican War

| Before the war |
After the war |
Answer the following questions using complete sentences in your notebook. Click on the links below to find the answers.
1.
What is Manifest Destiny?
2.
What role did Sam Houston play in Texas Independence?
3. Who was Stephen Austin
what role did he play in Texas?
4. How was
Davy Crockett involved in Texas Independence?
5.
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and what role did he play in the Mexican
War?
6. What did
Winfield Scott do during the Mexican War?
7. Why was Jim Bowie important
in the Texas Revolution?
8. What is the Alamo?
9. Why is the Alamo important during
the Texas Revolution?
10. What role did James
K. Polk play during the Mexican War?
11.
Why was Henry David Thoreau against the Mexican War and how did he show
it?
12. How did Abraham
Lincoln feel about the Mexican War? (Read the section, Lawyer
and U.S. Representative).
13. What
was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and what did it do?
14.
What states became part of the United States after the Mexican Cession?
15. What was
the Gadsden purchase?
16. What event led up to the purchase?
17. How much
did the United States pay for the land?
18. Why is the Mexican War an example of manifest destiny?
Timeline of the Mexican-American War
Part 2 - Click on the title above. It is a link and will take you to a timeline of the Mexican War. Create a flow map with at least ten important events from the information on the website. Also, draw at least four pictures representing the events. Examples of a flow maps are above.
