APUSH Blizzard Bag Day 3:

1. Read American Pageant, Chapter 17, Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy. Answer the questions for Chapter 17. CHAPTER 17: MANIFEST DESTINY AND ITS LEGACY Adapted from http://www2.dusd.net/staff/mlabarge/apush/studyguides/studyguides.htm

The Accession of "Tyler Too" 1. Identify and explain the historical significance of William Henry Harrison.

2. Identify and explain the historical significance of John Tyler.

3. "Yet Tyler...should never have consented to run on the ticket." Explain this quote from your text.

John Tyler: A President Without a Party 4. Identify and explain the historical significance of Identify "His Accidency."

5. Identify the contributions of Henry Clay

6. What proof can you give of Tyler's unpopularity? What did Tyler do that made Whigs so angry with him?

A War of Words with England 7. Identify and explain the historical significance of Caroline

8. Identify and explain the historical significance of Creole.

9. Explain at least four causes of tension between the US and Great Britain in the 1830's and 1840's.

Manipulating the Maps 10. Define and explain the historical significance of the Aroostook War.

11. Identify and explain the historical significance of Lord Ashburton.

12. Identify and explain the historical significance of .

13. What was the result of the Ashburton-Webster Treaty?

The Lone Star of Texas Shines Alone 14. Identify and explain the historical significance of the Lone Star Republic.

15. How did Mexico view Texas from 1836 to 1845?

The Belated Texas Nuptials 16. Identify and explain the historical significance of the Conscience Whigs.

17. Why did some hesitate to annex Texas?

18. Why was Texas finally admitted to the Union?

Oregon Fever Populates Oregon 19. Identify and explain the historical significance of 54 40',

20. Identify and explain the historical significance of the Willamette Valley,

21. Identify and explain the historical significance of Oregon Trail

22. What change with Oregon from 1819 to 1844 caused the British to become more willing to negotiate a final boundary?

A Mandate (?) for Manifest Destiny 23. Identify and explain the historical significance of James K. Polk

24. Identify and explain the historical significance of Dark Horse.

25. What part did Manifest Destiny play in the 1844 election?

Polk the Purposeful 26. What were Polk's four goals? Assess his degree of success.

Misunderstandings with Mexico 27. Identify and explain the historical significance of John Slidell

28. Identify and explain the historical significance of Nueces River.

29. What were the sources of the strained relationship between the U.S. and Mexico?

American Blood on American (?) Soil 30. Identify and explain the historical significance of Zachary Taylor.

31. Identify and explain the historical significance of Spot Resolutions.

32. Explain some of the reasons Congress declared war on Mexico.

The Mastering of Mexico 33. Identify and explain the historical significance of Stephen Kearney.

34. Identify and explain the historical significance of John C. Fremont.

35. Identify and explain the historical significance of Bear Flag Republic,

36. Identify and explain the historical significance of .

37. What battles were fought to defeat Mexico?

Fighting Mexico for Peace 38. Identify and explain the historical significance of Nicholas P. Trist.

39. Identify and explain the historical significance of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

40. Why did some people oppose the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Profit and Loss in Mexico 41. Identify and explain the historical significance of Wilmot Proviso.

42. What positive and negative outcomes resulted for the from the Mexican-American War?

Makers of America: The Californios 43. Identify and explain the historical significance of Californios. 44. Identify and explain the historical significance of Father Junipero Serra. 45. Identify and explain the historical significance of Franciscans. 46. Identify and explain the historical significance of Secularization. 47. Identify and explain the historical significance of Anglos. 2. Look over the American Experience: Remember the Alamo background information http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/sfeature/sf_republic.html and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/filmmore/fd.html

Timeline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/timeline/index.html . People and Events: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/maps/index.html

3. View American Experience: Remember the Alamo at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVZ1lNVRDhs . Analyze the event from the viewpoint of an American, Mexican, Native American, Spanish, Tejano, or Texan. How would each group react to the news of the Battle of the Alamo? Is there any common ground that unites all six accounts viewpoints?