Thursday, December 8, 2011

12/8/11

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1

2)  Video:  "Empire Upon the Trails" (Day 1)
--Take 2 pages of notes.  Key topics: a) Manifest Destiny b) Mexican-American War  c) Oregon Trail  d) Texas  e) Whitmans  f) Mormons

3)  Homework: James McPherson reading in Blue Reader ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 2
Focus your reading on: a) California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850  c) Fugitive Slave Act  d) Henry Clay  e) Daniel Webster

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