MARCH+23+2011

EXPANDING WEST: THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR ** NEW YORK LEARNING STANDARDS: ** PI 2.3 Students will understand the relationship between the relative importance of United States domestic and foreign policies over time;    PI 2.4 Students will analyze the role played by the United States in international politics, past and present.

6.I.A.2 Territorial expansion and slavery: The Mexican War, 1846-1848; 6.I.A.3 Territorial expansion and slavery: Oregon Territory.
 * NEW YORK CORE CURRICULUM: **

Objectives //Students will learn that. . .// 1.  Many Americans believed that the nation had a manifest destiny to claim new lands in the West. 2. As a result of the Mexican-American War, the United States added territory in the Southwest. 3. American settlement in the Mexican Cession produced conflict and a blending of cultures. __**Vocabulary**__: manifest destiny, James K. Polk, //vaqueros//, Californios, Bear Flag Revolt, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Gadsden Purchase

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