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Chapter 13 - Manifest Destiny

Images and Maps

Manifest Destiny and Expansion in the Americas

Fort Scott National Historic Site, Manifest Destiny: The Dragoon Expeditions (1843-45)

Museum of Westward Expansion

Map: Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1783-1853
The Alamo

Today in History: The Napoleon of the Stump
(Images surrounding the election of 1844)

President James K. Polk

Map: The Mexican War

Map: War with Mexico

Images of the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848

The U.S. Mexican War: Maps

Map: Mexican Cession

History of the Cherokee

 

Primary Sources

John L. O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny, 1839

Documents of Early Texas

Texas War of Independence 1832-1836

Texas - From Independence to Annexation

The Donner Party: Primary Sources

The Donner Party Logs

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842

California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900

The Papers of James K. Polk

Rep. Abraham Lincoln Disagrees with President Polk

Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains

James K. Polk: Message on War with Mexico, May 11, 1846

U.S.-Mexican War: Documents

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

 

Secondary Sources

Manifest Destiny

In Search of the Oregon Trail
(This site also includes many images and maps.)

New Perspectives on the West
(This site also contains numerous images, timelines, and maps.)

WestWeb
(This site also includes many images, timelines, and maps.)

The U.S.-Mexican War

Lee Paul, "The Alamo: 13 Days of Glory"

Paul Andrew Hutton, "Frontier Hero: Davy Crockett"

The Donner Party: Secondary Sources

Bob Brooke, "Wagon Tracks West"

American Presidents: James K. Polk

Robert B. Smith, "Trail of Black Hawk"

Robert B. Smith, "Two Bloody Days at Buena Vista"

Bob Grub, "The Indian Tax Rebellion of 1851"

 

 

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