• textbook --> 338 - 351.
• AMSCO --> pp.166 - 170;  174 - 176.
• document --> Journal entries from the Donner Party (Jan, 1847).

1. What were the conditions in New England and the South that contributed to western migration?
2. Create a CHART which shows the diverse regional and cultural influences that defend the culture of the Old Northwest during the early 19c.
3. What was the lifestyle and living conditions of American settlers living in the Old Northwest?
4. How did commercial development in the Northwest contribute to sectionalism by unifying the northern American economy into an integrated, mutually beneficial relationship between the Northeast and the Northwest?
5. What factors contributed to the migration of planters of the Old Southwest?
6. Compare and contrast the socio-economic development of the Old Northwest and the Old Southwest.
7. What dilemma faced Native American framing peoples of the Plains, such as the Pawnees, during the 19c?
8. Where did the Oregon Trail begin and end?  Who were the overlanders who used the Trail to migrate west?  Describe the particular roles played by women on the Oregon Trail.
9. What was so gruesome about the trip of the Donner Party over the Great Divide?
10. What was the impact of American westward migration on the relationship between the U. S. federal government and the Sioux Indians?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 351 - 358 [including the document on pg. 356-7].
• AMSCO --> pp. 221 - 222.

1. List the principle groups of Native Americans living in the Southwest and explain how their lives were impacted by the Spanish mission system?
2. Why did the Comanches create unique problems for the U. S. and Mexican governments?
3. Why did the Mexican government initially allow American colonization into Texas?
4. Who were the Tejanos?  What role did they play in the Texas War for Independence?
5. How did Stephen Austin become the first American empresario?
6. Explain the Anglo-Tejano alliance in the Texas War for Independence.
7. What was the significance of the Battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto in the Texas War for Independence?
8. What was the nature of the Mexican and American interests in California and the Southwest during the years prior to the Mexican War?
9. Describe the impact of the Santa Fe Trail on the settlement of New Mexico.
10. Who were the Mormons?  What were their origins?  What did they believe?  Why did they end up in Utah?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 358 - 363.
• AMSCO --> pp. 225 - 227.
• document --> "Manifest Destiny" - John L. O'Sullivan.
• document --> "The Great Nation of Futurity" - John L. O'Sullivan.
• painting --> "American Progress" - by John Gast (1872).

1. Explain the philosophy of "Manifest Destiny."
2. What was the "empire of destiny?"  How was it achieved?  What doubts were raised by its desireability?
3. How did the ideas of Manifest Destiny reflect certain racial attitudes prevalent in the country in the mid-19c?
4. Why was the policy of Manifest Destiny closely associated with the Democratic Party?
5. How did Texas become available for annexation?
6. What tensions emerged in the Southwest that threatened to lead the United States into war with Mexico?
7. On what grounds did President Polk ask Congress to declare war on Mexico?  On what grounds was Polk's call for war criticized?
8. What were the objectives of the American offensives in the Mexican War?  Why were the Americans ultimately victorious in the war?
9. List the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?  What were the long-term effects of the Mexican War?

DBQ --> AMSCO--> pp. 235 - 238