Making Connections

1. Question

   Discuss migration to two different regions. What drew the migrants, and how did the U.S. government contribute to their efforts?

2. Question

   How did the ideology of manifest destiny contribute to mid-nineteenth-century expansion? Discuss its implications for individual migrants and the nation.

3. Question

   How did the Mexican-American War affect national political and economic developments in subsequent decades?

4. Question

   How did nineteenth-century reform movements draw on the free-labor ideal to pursue specific reforms?