History Mini DBQ for US History- Manifest Destiny- SS.8.A.4.1 {History Guru}

History Mini DBQ for US History- DBQ Learning Unit

Manifest Destiny

Document Based Questioning

Document Based Questioning through Language Arts and Reading Strategies

SS.8.A.4.1 Examine the causes, course, and consequences of United States westward expansion and its growing diplomatic assertiveness (War of 1812, Convention of 1818, Adams-Onis Treaty, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, Trail of Tears, Texas annexation, Manifest Destiny, Oregon Territory, Mexican American War/Mexican Cession, California Gold Rush, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act, Gadsden Purchase).

Essential Question: What did Manifest Destiny mean to various groups of people in the United States?

Sources:

Source 1

Photograph of pioneers in 1870s

Source 2

Painting, “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872

Source 3

Song. “I Will Go West,” 1875, from Library of Congress

Source 4

Excerpt from William T. Sherman’s Memoirs, 1875

Marking the text:

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