1. Acquiring the Trans-Mississippi West pages 385-389
A. Summarize the main points of the section.
B. In your opinion, how did Texas demonstrate Manifest Destiny?
2. Indian Nations of the Trans-Mississippi West pages 392-395
A. Summarize the main points of the section.
B. In your opinion, why has United States policy been difficult to characterize and explain? Use the evidence of romantic novelists, de Tocqueville, land policy, and the role of the bison/buffalo to address the question.