Credibility
The following is a ______ source:
Some, if not all the gentlemen on, the other side of the House, who have addressed the committee within the last two days, have spoken rather complainingly, if I have rightly understood them, of the vote given a week or ten days ago, declaring that the war with Mexico was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President [James K Polk]. I admit that such a vote should not be given, in mere party wantonness, and that the one given, is justly censurable, if it have no other, or bette
Abraham Lincoln; Speech delivered in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1848:
What is primary?
This person was an abolitionist and former slave from Maryland. He was an author and a speaker. He even was an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln in his later years.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The 19th-century belief that Americans were meant to expand their country west to the Pacific Ocean, bringing their culture, civilization, and religion with them.
Manifest Destiny
These two countries went to war over the disputed territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers.
What are the United States of America and Mexico
The adding of territory to a nation, increasing its size and power over an area
Annexation
The act of comparing two or more sources to see if they are credible or if they agree or not is called _______.
What is corroboration?
This person was President of the United States during the Mexican-American War. He was known for his belief in Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
What was the acquisition of the territory United States from France in 1803 and the author of it?
Thomas Jefferson, 1803-Louisiana Purchase
This was the effect of the Mexican-American War?
What is the Mexican Cession
Someone who is against slavery.
Ex: Frederick Douglass was a well-known one.
Abolitionist
This text is considered not ________ due to the fact it does not have the original source or reliable publishing information.
Democracy and self-determination could clearly be mobilized to extend an unjust institution that contradicted a fundamental American commitment to equality. The Missouri crisis probed an enormously problematic area of American politics that would explode in a civil war. As Henry Thomas stated about the compromise, "This momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror." In my opinion if the Missouri Compromise never happen than there is no Civil War."
Henry Thomas, 2019-Facebook Post: Changes in American History
What is credible?
This person was the military dictator of Mexico before and during the Mexican-American War.
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
A law that allowed the government to negotiate the removal of multiple Native American tribes from their homelands and forced them West past the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
This was the cause of the Mexican-American War.
What is a border dispute due to the Annexation of Texas?
The action of coming to live in a country permanently from a foreign land.
Immigration
What is the author's point of view on the Mexican-American War in the following quote:
The grievous wrongs done by Mexico upon our citizens throughout a long period of years remain without punishment, and solemn treaties pledging that Mexico would make up for them have been disregarded . . .[The Mexican Government] in official proclamations... has repeatedly threatened to make war upon us for the purpose of reconquering Texas. In the meantime we have tried every effort at restoring friendly relations. But now... Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have started, and that the two nations are now at war.
Source Information: President Polk delivered a “Special Message to Congress on Mexican Relations” on May 11, 1846. Modified.
That the author was for war with Mexico?
This man was a congressman from Kentucky who was known for his skillful compromises. He ran for President four times and lost them all, despite being a well respected politician. One of his greatest accomplishments was the Missouri Compromise.
Who was Henry Clay?
During Manifest Destiny, John Gast created a famous painting titled?
"The American Progress"
These two rivers were central to dispute over the border of Texas.
What are the Rio Grande River and Nueces River?
Divided over the issue of slavery, Congress did not want to admit Missouri, a Slave territory, into the US because it would disrupt the balance of Slave and Free states
Missouri Compromise
How does the author's point of of view impact his credibility? (How does his opinion change whether he is telling the truth?)
"I think that I may safely conclude and I firmly believe that American slavery is not a sin, but especially commanded by God through Moses and approved by Christ through his Apostles."
- James Henry Hammond, South Carolina politician and slaveholder.
It impacts the credibility of the source because the author is a slave owner advocating for slavery. He is biased in favor of slavery.
This person was one of the people responsible for colonizing Texas after his father, Moses passed away. He brought nearly 300 families to live in the territory where he now has a major city named after him.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
What were the three main points of the Missouri Compromise?
1. Missouri would enter as a Slave state.
2. Maine would be created and become a Free state.
3. The 36, 30 Parallel Line would be established to divide where slavery would be legal for future territories
This was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
What is The Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo?
Following the Mexican-American War, Mexico was forced to sell a large portion of its lands which became all or part of the modern states of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Mexican Cession