Manifest+Destiny+Activity

Read the article about Manifest Destiny by Sam W. Hayes

Go to “[|The U.S.-Mexican War”] website to access the video clips “The United States declares war on Mexico,” “Kearney’s army marches west to conquer New Mexico and California,” “American entrepreneurs and the ‘mercantile conquest’ of the Southwest,” “American settlers head west to seek prosperity in California”

The clips will give you some insights into how commerce and military power combined to help the U.S. ultimately gain the lands of New Mexico and California from Mexico. Answer the questions on the [|Commercial Conquest worksheet] after you have watched the videos.

"The mercantile conquest of what would become the southwestern part of the U.S. was the real conquest."

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