12/4/14

1)  Notes ("From the Halls of Montezuma") and ("Mexico Will Poison Us")-Part 1
2)  Video: "Empire Upon the Trails" (Day 1 of 2)
--Take 2 pages of notes on the following 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 [Pages 64-77]
Focus your reading on:  a)  California Gold Rush  b) Compromise of 1850  c) Fugitive Slave Act  d) Henry Clay  e) Daniel Webster