History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Mexican American Religion
Discusses the events from the first arrival of the Spanish that led to the adoption of Catholicism as the dominant religion of Mexico.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: "American Blood on American Soil"
President James Polk's desire was for the United States to stretch from sea to shining sea. See what happened when his overatures to Mexico to buy the land north of the Rio Grande River were spurned. Take a brief vote to see if Polk was...
PBS
Pbs: The American Experience in the 1900s
This site presents a general picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century. Content includes compelling images, information, and documents about American life.
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: Notable Texans Before 1900
Lone Star Junction identifies an extensive list of high-profile Texans prior to 1900. A chart informs readers what general role in Texas history each person was involved in from Texas Revolution, Indian Wars, Civil War, and the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: The Nation Expands: Texas Annexation, 1845
Explains how Texas came to become part of the Union in 1845, at its own request. This precipitated the Mexican-American War.
American University
American University: Los Braceros (1942 1964): Mexican Labor Importation
This site offers an explanation of the World War II Braceros program, which imported migrant farm workers into the United States from Mexico.
A&E Television
History.com: Hispanic History Milestones: Timeline
The American Hispanic/Latinx history is a rich, diverse and long one, with immigrants, refugees and Spanish-speaking or Indigenous people living in the United States since long before the nation was established. America's Hispanic...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Us and the Mexican Revolution
This article contains history and detailed facts about United States intervention and involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Annexing Texas
Quickly following Texan independence, the United States admitted Texas into the republic as a slave state.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Compromise of 1850
Comprehensive summary features detailed facts and information on The Compromise of 1850 that was trying to smooth out differences between the slave states and the free states.
Digital History
Digital History: War Fever and Antiwar Protests
What started out as a prowar inclination of American citizens at the beginning of the Mexican War soon deteriorated. Read about the opposition of politicians, clergymen, and intellectuals to the reasoning for the war, and later for the...
PBS
U.s. Mexican War: Biographies
As part of the larger site on the Mexican War, here are several biographies of the players, both American and Mexican, of those involved in the politics and fighting.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Mexican War, 1803 1848
A map of northern and central Mexico and southern United states showing the area of conflict during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the Mexican boundary (under Spain) established by the Louisiana Purchase (1803)...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Mexican War, 1846 1848
A map of central Mexico and southern United States showing the important cities and battle sites of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the rivers of the contested boundaries that led to the war, the Rio Grande del Norte...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Mexican War, 1846 1848
A map of Mexico and southern United States showing the campaigns and battle sites of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the routes of Taylor, Wool, Kearny, Doniphan, and Scott, the pre-war boundaries of the United States...
Curated OER
Etc: The Mexican War the Golden Gate , 1846 1848
A map of the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay area showing sites during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), including San Francisco (Yerba Buena at the time), San Leandro, San Rafael, San Mateo, San Jose, and the Sacramento River.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: War With Mexico, 1846 1848
A map of Mexico and southern United States showing the campaigns and battle sites of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the territory acquired from Mexico after the war, and the routes of Taylor, Wool, Kearny, Doniphan,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: War With Mexico, 1846 1848
A map of Mexico and southern United States showing the campaigns and battle sites of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The map shows the routes of Taylor, Wool, Kearny, Doniphan, and Scott, the pre-war boundaries of the United States...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: War With Mexico, 1846 1848
A map of Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico showing the principal campaigns and battle sites of the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848.
Library of Congress
Loc: Major Events in History: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A synopsis of the events preceding the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, plus great pictures and links to excellent maps of the area negotiated for and to the text of the actual document.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Stephen F. Austin
Read this short biography of Stephen F. Austin, complete with links to primary documents involving the empresario known as "The Father of Texas."
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Zachary Taylor: A Life in Brief
As part of the excellent site about Zachary Taylor and his life and presidency from the Miller Center, this article gives you a look at Taylor's life in brief, focusing on his military career, and the politics of slavery that affected...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy
A thorough review of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policies in these four lessons offered by EDSITEment. Learn the origins of "Wilsonianism," Wilson's views on relations with countries in Latin America, Wilson's decision to enter World War I,...
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Virginia Antebellum (1800 1860) [Pdf]
From 1800-1860, America went through rapid growth and development. View this slideshow to see pictures, charts, maps,primary source documents and a detailed timeline of Virginia during the Antebellum Era.
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