This week you learned about the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). In the primary source
Against the Mexican War
, Thomas Corwin, an American Senator, ominously foreshadows how the U.S. war against Mexico would result in a Civil War in the United States.
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- Identify Corwin’s intended audience. Why do you think Corwin addresses this particular audience?
- Corwin states that there will be an immediate consequence for the United States if it continues its war against Mexico. What does Corwin say is the immediate consequence?
- Corwin states that the immediate consequence of the Mexican war will produce an “internal commotion” in the United States. Summarize what this “internal commotion” is and how it will bring the United States into a “collision point.”
Who is the intended
audience?
What does Corwin think
of the United States
appropriating Mexican land?
What is the “topic”
connected to
Mexican land?
What is the view of the
non-slaveholding states?
What is the view of the
southern slaveholding
states?
According to Corwin,
what would the end result
be if the United States
acquires Mexican territory?
According to Corwin,
how did the war between
the United States and
Mexico commence?
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