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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Map: Contested Terrain in the U.S. War with Mexico | |
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Introduction: Race, Manifest Destiny, and the U.S. War with Mexico | |
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Manifest Destiny | |
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Neighboring Republics | |
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Indians and Westward Expansion | |
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Colonizing Texas | |
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Texas's War for Independence | |
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The Republic of Texas and U.S.-Mexico Diplomatic Relations | |
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Toward War | |
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Popular Opinion and the War in the United States | |
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Waging the War | |
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | |
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Foreigners in Their Native Land | |
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Manifest Destiny Exported | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Documents | |
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John L. O'Sullivan, Annexation, July-August 1845 | |
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U.S. Congress, Naturalization Act, March 26, 1790 | |
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Agustin de Iturbide, Plan de Iguala, February 24, 1821 | |
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Mexican Constitutional Congress, Mexican Constitution, 1824 | |
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U.S. Congress, Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830 | |
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United States and Kingdom of Spain, Treaty of San Lorenzo, October 27, 1795 | |
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United States and France, Louisiana Purchase Treaty, April 30, 1803 | |
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Mexican Government, National Colonization Law, August 18, 1824 | |
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Legislature of Coahuila-Texas, Coahuila-Texas State Colonization Law, March 24, 1825 | |
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Manuel Mier y Teran, Letter to War Department, November 29, 1829 | |
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Benjamin Lundy, Conditions for African Americans in Mexican Texas, 1833 | |
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Texan Consultation of Representatives, Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836 | |
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Message to the Inhabitants of Texas, March 7, 1836 | |
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Eulalia Yorba, Another Story of the Alamo: The Battle Described by an Alleged Eyewitness, April 1896 | |
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El Mosquito Mexicano, Article Criticizing U.S. Interests in Texas, June 14, 1836 | |
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Daniel Webster, The Admission of Texas, December 22, 1845 | |
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John Slidell, Diplomatic Dispatches to James Buchanan, January 1846 | |
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General Pedro de Ampudia and General Zachary Taylor, Dispatches, April 12, 1846 | |
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General Zachary Taylor, Dispatch to Adjutant General of the Army, April 26, 1846 | |
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President James K. Polk, War Message to Congress, May 11, 1846 | |
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Hugh White, Statement against the Two-Million-Dollar Bill, August 8, 1846 | |
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David Wilmot, Wilmot Proviso, August 8, 1846 | |
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Frederick Douglass, The War with Mexico, January 21, 1848 | |
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New York Herald, Editorial in Support of the War with Mexico, February 20, 1847 | |
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Walt Whitman, War with Mexico, May 11, 1846 | |
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Theodore Parker, A Sermon of the Mexican War, June 1846 | |
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Henry David Thoreau, On Civil Disobedience, 1848 | |
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Women of Exeter, England, and Philadelphia, Women's Peace Petition, June 1846 | |
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Susan Shelby Magoffin, Comments on Mexican Women, 1846 | |
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American Officer, The Virtues of Mexican Women, September 1846 | |
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Henry William Herbert, Pierre the Partisan: A Tale of the Mexican Marches, 1848 | |
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Our Jonathan, Song of the Volunteers, 1846 | |
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John Greenleaf Whittier, The Angels of Buena Vista, 1847 | |
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James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers, 1846 | |
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George Wilkins Kendall, The Mexican Joan of Arc, January 12, 1847 | |
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Samuel E. Chamberlain, My Confession, 1855 | |
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Ramon Alcaraz, Description of the Battle of Buena Vista, 1850 | |
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Citizens of New Mexico, Report to the President of Mexico, September 26, 1846 | |
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Ralph W. Kirkham, Description of the City of Puebla, June 28, 1847 | |
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Gideon Johnson Pillow, Letter to Mary Hamilton Pillow, September 28, 1847 | |
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American Star, Comment on Interactions between Mexicans and Americans, November 6, 1847 | |
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Ramon Alcaraz, Observations on the American Occupation of Mexico City, 1850 | |
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John C. Calhoun, Speech on the War with Mexico, January 4, 1848 | |
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United States and Mexico, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 1848 | |
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President Manuel de la Pena y Pena, An Address in Support of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, May 7, 1848 | |
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Manuel Crescencio Rejon, Observations on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, April 17, 1848 | |
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Nathan Clifford, The Protocol of Queretaro, 1848 | |
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U.S. Congress, California Land Act, March 3, 1851 | |
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California Landowners, Petition to the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, February 11, 1859 | |
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Juan N. Seguin, A Foreigner in My Native Land, 1858 | |
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Francisco Ramirez, California Hospitality, September 18, 1855 | |
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Los Angeles Star, An Interview with Noted Bandit Tiburcio Vasquez, May 16, 1874 | |
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Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, This Is Our Manifest Destiny, November 24, 1897 | |
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Appendixes | |
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A Chronology of Events Related to the U.S.-Mexico War (1789-1897) | |
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Questions for Consideration | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |