Fourth Period: 11:20am to 12:09pm
Fifth Period: 12:49pm to 1:39pm
Sixth Period: 1:42pm to 2:32pm
Westward Expansion & Mexican History Readings & Checkpoints
Over the course of the unit, we will be going through different sections of the textbook in class. Whenever we start a reading, the questions will be due the next day and there will be a reading checkpoint made available after school for homework (unless there are other instructions). The Google Forms online correspond to a specific topic/lesson in the textbook.
New Spain and Independence for Texas
In the 1840s, New Mexico Territory included present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Colorado. California lay to the west. This huge region, ruled by Mexico, was southwest of the unorganized territory that the United States acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
Manifest Destiny in California and the Southwest
In the mid-1840s, only about 700 people from the United States lived in California. Every year, however, more Americans were moving west.