Sitemap

Home page

Prelude to War

Manifest Destiny

• Introduction
• A Go-Ahead Nation
• The Power of an Idea
• Native American Displacement
• An Ideal or a Justification
• An Early Agenda of Expansion
• A Mexican Viewpoint on the War
• Manifest Destiny - Sam W. Haynes
• Manifest Destiny - Donald S. Frazier
• Boundary Disputes
• Expansionism and Imperialism

Trade Routes

James K. Polk

• Bluffs and Boundaries
• James K. Polk and the Mexican War
• James K. Polk (1845-1849)

Divisions in Mexico

• Mexico and the US in 1846
• Divisions in Mexico During the War
• Public Opinion: Prewar Sentiment in Mexico

Geography

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Santa Anna's Cloud of Suspicion

War (1846-1848)

The Borderlands

• The Borderlands on the Eve of War
• The Travail of War
• A Major Watershed
• Mexican Perceptions during the War

A Call to Arms

• The American Army
• Organization of the Mexican Army
• Army Life:  Mexican Army
• Army Life:  U.S. Army

Role of the Media

• Communications
• Newspapers: Mexican Press
• Newspapers: U.S. Press
• War Correspondents

Battles of the War

• The Battle of Palo Alto
• The Capture of Monterrey
• The Battle of Buena Vista
• The Capture of Veracruz
• The Battle of Cerro Gordo
• The Battle of Contreras
• The Battle of Churubusco
• The Battle of El Molino del Rey (Attack upon the Molino)
• The Battle of El Molino del Rey (Attack upon the Casa Mata)
• The Storming of Chapultepec (General Pillow's Attack)
• The Storming of Chapultepec (General Quiltmans' Attack)
• Entrance into the City of Mexico
• Occupation of Mexico

War's End

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

 

Aftermath

Violence and Violations

Apuntes and the Lessons of History

The Legacy of the U.S.-Mexican War

The Legacy of the War

Was the U.S.-Mexican War Necessary?

Crucible for Greatness

Vast New Territories

The War Between the United States and Mexico

Many Truths Constitute the Past

 

Biographies

United States		Mexico
Stephen F. Austin President James K. Polk Sam Houston President John Tyler General Zachary Taylor Commodore David Conner Commissioner John Slidell Captain John C. Fremont Colonel Stephen W. Kearny Commodore John Sloat General Winfield Scott Nicholas Trist President Abraham Lincoln President Ulysses S. Grant James_Bowie		Hernán Cortéz Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla General General Antonio López de Santa Anna General José Joaquín de Herrera Juan Almonte President Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga General Mariano Arista Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Valentín Gomez Farias President Benito Juárez President Porfirio Diaz

 

Timeline Map

 

For Educators

Lesson Plans

• Manifest Destiny
  • Manifest Destiny and the Power of Perspective
  • Manifest Destiny and the Commercial Conquest of the United States
  • Manifest Destiny and the U.S.-Mexican War: Then and Now
• The Beginning of the War – Two Views on Texas
• The Media and the War
  • The Penny Press, Walt Whitman and the War
  • Is the Media Part of the Story?
  • Soldiers Find a Voice
• Songs of War
• A Legacy of the War – The Gold Rush and the Foreign Miners' Tax
• Creating a Memorial

 

Site Resources

Links

Video Library

Experts

Primary Sources

Web Site Credits

About the Show

 

Tools

Technical Requirements

Search this site

Privacy Policy