Assignment #01

ACIE American History - Cambridge International Examinations

Mr. Anthony Perno and Mr. Victor Wisniski – American Senior High School – 2009/2010 School Year

Syllabus Excerpt: I Westward Expansion and the Taming of the West, c.1840-96

. . . The doctrine of ‘Manifest Destiny’. The annexation of Texas, the Mexican War and its consequences. Mormons and Utah. The Oregon Question. The Railroads and their significance. . . .

· Reading Assignment: America, Past and Present, Chapter #13, An Age of Expansion, pages 359-384

· Assignment: Using the above reading assignment, the student will prepare to answer the following essay question. The essay should encompass all of the syllabus topics, as they pertain to the essay question’s theme.

· Essay Question

1. How influential a factor was the doctrine of Manifest Destiny in the huge territorial expansion of the United States in the 1840s?