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Video Resources

  1. This PBS documentary presents an extensive history of the Mexican–American war: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9k3hJOlOiY (1:50:03)
  2. This “American Experience” video presents the history of the battle at the Alamo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw61UajUyZ8 (1:22:05)
  3. This Arizona State Museum podcast discusses consequences of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on both sides of the border: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts/ep043_treaty_1_garcia_y_griego.shtml (44:06)

Links

  1. This website provides links to transcriptions of newspaper articles, indexes, images, bibliographies, timelines, and official documents related to the Mexican–American war: http://www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/INDEX.HTM
  2. The website contains speeches and other documents related to the Mexican–American war: http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/documents/docs.htm
  3. This website contains maps, posters, sheet music, and daguerreotypes from the Mexican–American war: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/resources/primary_sources.html#
  4. This website contains the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/guadhida.asp
  5. This website provides a brief history of the “Niños Héroes”: http://www.mexonline.com/history-ninosheroes.htm
  6. This website provides a readable essay by a UC Berkeley historian on how the war affected Native American groups: http://clas.berkeley.edu/research/us-mexican-war-forgotten-foes
  7. This website discusses the struggles of Joseph Yves Limantour, a French-Mexican businessman, to keep his land in California: http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?action=read&artid=742

Primary Documents from the Text

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