1. EDITING THE INTRO USING THE INTRO AND CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH THAT WAS ALREADY WRITTEN, FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES TO EDIT THE PARAGRAPHS AND SEE IF YOURS MATCH UP: Intro:  2-3 sentences  The last sentence of the paragraph is a thesis statement  All sentences are relevant and apply to Manifest Destiny.  Manifest Destiny is defined/described Conclusion:  2-3 sentences  The first sentence of the paragraph is a thesis statement  All sentences are relevant and apply to Manifest Destiny

2. MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

3. MANIFEST DESTINY PROBLEMS More expansion west leads to tensions over land Santa Fe Trail: trail from Missouri to the New Mexico territory and the Southwest More Americans in the West leads Mexico to get concerned over America’s plans

4. GENERAL INFO Participants: United States v. Mexico When: 1846-1848 Where: Southwest United States and Mexico

5. CAUSES Polk wanted the Southwest and California  Southerners pushed for the war for more land to expand slavery  Offered to buy California for $30 million  Mexico refused Tension over Texas  America had annexed Texas  Mexico still considered it their land and they would get it back

6. KEY EVENTS Plan: Push Mexicans out of Texas and Southwest then invade Mexico Gen. Zachary Taylor invaded disputed area and provoked Mexican forces to attack This allowed Polk to get Congress to declare War and Taylor invaded Mexico

7. DISCUSS 1.What are the causes of the war? 2.Were the causes justified? 3.What do you predict will be the consequences of the war?

8. KEY EVENTS Bear Flag Revolt: Americans in California revolt against Mexican control and become a free nation (Bear Flag Republic) Gen. Winfield Scott joined with Gen. Taylor and forced their way into Mexico City forcing Mexico to surrender.

9. EFFECTS Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Ended the Mexican American War Mexican Cession: Mexico gave up control of the Southwest and California to America (included 5 future states) America completed its Manifest Destiny All land between Atlantic and Pacific was American Gadsden Purchase: US purchased land from Mexico for a transcontinental railroad

11. BODY PARAGRAPH Using your paper with the introduction paragraph, you will now have 10 minutes to write a body paragraph using the guiding question below and Documents 1 or 2 Using content knowledge and the documents provided, determine how manifest destiny impacted America.  How did Westward expansion impact the population of the West?

12. EDITING YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH Using your body paragraph you created yesterday, follow these guidelines to edit the paragraph and see if yours match up: Body Paragraph:  1 st sentence is a topic sentence that restates the guiding question.  Uses document 1 or 2 and clearly cites/makes this obvious. (Ex: In document 1, …)  Elaborates and explains how that document answers the guiding question.

13. 2 ND BODY PARAGRAPH Keeping in mind the edits/guidelines from the first body paragraph, using the same paper, you will now have 10 minutes to write a 2 nd body paragraph using the guiding question below and Document 3 Using content knowledge and the documents provided, determine how manifest destiny impacted America.  Explain O’Sullivan’s position regarding Westward expansion.

14. REFLECTION What were the positives of the war? The negatives?