Tuesday, March 5, 2013

WAR WITH MEXICO


War with Mexico
Causes of War
      Economic Expansion:
      Playing Politics:
            British Interests in Texas
            Slave State Power Grab
      Ideas:
            Manifest Destiny
                  John L. O’Sullivan

Two Wars:

      California

      Mexico

Outcome:

A. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

1. Mexican cession of 525,000 square miles
2. U.S. pays $15 million
3. U.S. assumes $3.25 million in debt to Mexico

B. Gadsen Purchase: $10 million

C. Trouble: (imbalance)
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COURSE SCHEDULE

Week One:

Jan. 7 Intro/Pre-Columbian Americas

Jan. 9 Syllabus sign-in sheet due/“Discovery” and Exploration


Week Two:
Jan. 14 Early English and Other Colonies: Labor Troubles

Jan. 16 Early English and Other Colonies: Labor Troubles

Week Three:
Jan. 21 HOLIDAY…MLK DAY

Jan. 23. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Due /Mid-Century Challenges

Week Four:
Jan. 28 Road to War/Common Sense Reading Due/ MIDTERM REVIEW

Jan. 30 Revolutionary War/Declaration of Independence Reading Due


Week Five:
Feb. 4 Early National Period/

Feb. 6 MIDTERM EXAMINATION/Essay Assignment Handout


Week Six:
Feb. 11 Early Industrialism

Feb. 13 The 1820s and The World of Andrew Jackson/Cherokee Removal Debate Prep


Week Seven:

Feb. 18. Cherokee Removal Debate/War with Mexico

Feb. 20 “Secret Life” Reading/Prep for Slavery Essay


Week Eight:

Feb. 25 Sectionalism/Frederick Douglass Reading Due

Feb. 27 Sectionalism/ Slavery Essay Written In Class


Week Nine:
Mar 4 Sectionalism/Final Exam Review

Mar. 6 “Cycles of Distrust”—Sectionalism


Week Ten:
Mar. 11 “Cycles of Distrust”—Sectionalism/Horwitz Book Due
Mar. 13 Civil War: From Bull Run to the Gettysburg Address
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Mar. 18: Last day of Class:

FINAL EXAM SECTION ONE: WED MARCH 20, 8-10:30
FINAL EXAM SECTION TWO: WED MARCH 20, 11-1:30