MICDS US History

Please read Born Modern: An Overview of the West by Richard White.  The article can be found on the HistoryNOW.org website and is linked on the unit IV primary/secondary sources.  Click here for a direct link to the article!

Homework Due Tomorrow:  Read Mintz Pages – (Westward Expansion Module): Opening the West, Pathfinders, Go West, Life on the Trail, Manifest Destiny [I accidently reversed the readings in this announcement and yesterday's.  Whichever one you did not read last night, please read tonight.  The syllabus has the correct order.  Sorry for the confusion!]

Read in the Mintz Module-Westward Expansion: The Texas Question, The Mexican War, The War's Significance, and the Gold Rush pages.  Be prepared for class........

Please read the primary source document - The Monroe Doctrine that can be found here on our Unit IV primary source page.  Be prepared on Wednesday to discuss the intent of the Monroe Doctrine and the four specific clauses included in the pronouncement.

Read Mintz pages in the Jeffersonian Module: Louisiana Purchase and the Second War of Independence + in the Jacksonian Module: Indian Removal.