The Mexican 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.