Moving WestHave out Texas Expansion

Timeline

1/28/14 Day 3

Agenda • Review Texas

Expansion Timeline

• Video Clip• Creating New

Borders Notes

Objective • Understand the

westward expansion of the United States and how each territory is established.

Homework: Read pages 366-376

Establishing Our Borders

The Oregon Territory• 1844 James K. Polk:–calls for the

annexation of the Oregon Territory.

• Newspaper Headlines: –“Fifty-Four Forty

or Fight”

• British begin to lose interest in the territory due to decline in fur trade.

• Britain and the US peacefully agree to the boundary along the 49th parallel

Do Now: Mexican WarGive one reason to go to war with Mexico

and one reason not to go to war.

1/29/14 Day 4

Agenda • Homework

Collection• Intro Notes• MW wkst

Objective • Understand the

westward expansion of the United States and how each territory is established.

States Quiz – FRIDAY

Mexican WarCauses:• Texas Revolution– Annexation of Texas in 1845

• Polk’s aspirations of claiming the Mexican territory. – Send Zachary Taylor to blockade

Rio Grande

• Mexico’s instable governmentJames K. Polk

Regional Views on WarSouthern

• Increase southern power in Congress

• Supported the war• Turn it into a

debate on slavery instead of a debate on war

Northern• See the war as a

plot to expand slavery and ensure southern domination• Opposed the War

• The Mexican army responds to Taylor’s invasion on their territory and sent troops to the Rio Grande. • 9 Americans Killed• Polk goes to Congress–War begins in Mexico

“American Blood

has been spilledupon

American Soil”

-James K. Polk

New Mexico• Stephan Kearny march from Kansas

across the desert to Santa Fe, NM• Reaches Santa Fe - welcomed by NM

group that wants to join the US. • NM falls to the US without a single

shot being fired.

Republic of California• Polk offers to buy CA in 1845–Upsets Mexican government

• The Republic of California 1846• American Settlers seize Sonoma in

June 1846• Mexican forces quickly give way leaving

US forces in control of CA

Mexico

• Weak Leadership lead

to defeat

U.S • US army served under

some of the best leaders• Robert E. Lee• Ulysses S. Grant

THE END• US captures major Mexican cities–Mexico City falls in Sept. 1847

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo –Mexico agrees to the Rio Grande border for TX–Ceded NM and CA to the U.S–U.S agrees to pay $15 million for the Mexican

cession (CA, NV, NM, UT parts of AZ, CO and WY

Gadsden Purchase • In 1853: President Pierce authorizes

his emissary James Gadsden to pay Mexico $10 million for the territory south of the Gila River.

Assignment• Read Mexico Cedes Land to the

United States. – Answer questions #1-7 on the back using the map

on the front.

Mexican War Tea Party

Review for States Quiz

2/4/14 Day 4

Agenda • Introduction • Tea Party • Discussion

Questions

Objective • Understand the

westward expansion of the United States and how each territory is established.

States Quiz

TIC TAC TOE PROJECT

2/7/14 Day 3

Agenda • Introduction • Pick your 3

squares• Research/Prep

Objective • Understand the

westward expansion of the United States and how each territory is established.

DUE DATE: ???