Books and articles

Hietala, Thomas R. Manifest Design: Anxious Aggrandizement in Late Jacksonian America. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985.
Leckie, Robert. From Sea to Shining Sea: From the War of 1812 to the Mexican War, The Saga of American Expansion. New York: HarperCollins, Inc., 1994.
Meinig, Donald W. The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History. Vol. 2. Continental America, 1800-1867. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
Merk, Frederick. Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History. New York: Knopf, 1965
Pletcher, David. The Diplomacy of Annexation: Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War. Columbia, Mo: University of Missouri Press, 1973
Ristow, Walter W. American Maps and Mapmakers: Commercial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985.
Turner, Frederick Jackson. The Frontier in American History. New York: Henry Holt, 1920.
Wexler, Alan & Molly Braun. Atlas of Westward Expansion. New York: Facts on File, 1995

On-line Resources

• Good online basemaps of the United States and regions of the United States:
  1. National Geographic.com MapMachine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/plates.html
  2. National Geographic also offers printable black-and-white maps at: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html
  3. Make your own custom base maps for free at The National Atlas of the United States website: http://nationalatlas.gov/
• An online map of U. S. federal land state Indian reservations: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0778676.html

Maps

• North America in 1854 (Flash format). Mitchell, Samuel Augustus. "Map of North America." In his New Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1854. Newberry Library call number: AmcN III gift, Procite #351. (Printable PDF of North America in 1854)
• Detail of the southwest area of North America in 1854. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus. "Map of North America." In his New Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1854. Newberry Library call number: AmcN III gift, Procite #351.
• Detail of the southwest area of the core map. From Tanner, Henry Schenck. "North America." In his New Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. Newberry Library call number: Case os oG1019. T2 1845.
• Detail from John Disturnell's map of Mexico in 1846. From Disturnell, John. Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico. Revised edition. New York: J. Disturnell, 1848. Newberry Library call number: Ayer p133 D61 1848. (Printable PDF of the Disturnell detail)

1. Monterey. "The Presidio and Pueblo of Monterrey, Upper California" in Alexander Forbes, Esq., California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839.
2. San Diego. "Mission of San Diego," in Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, vol. 5, R. S. Williamson, Report of Explorations in California for Railroad Routes, to Connect with the Routes near the 35th and 32nd Parallels of North Latitude. 33rd Cong., 2nd Sess., House Ex. Doc. 91 (Washington, 1856), Serial Set 795.
3. San Fernando. "Mission and Plain of San Fernando," in Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, vol. 5, R. S. Williamson, Report of Explorations in California for Railroad Routes, to Connect with the Routes near the 35th and 32nd Parallels of North Latitude. 33rd Cong., 2nd Sess., House Ex. Doc. 91 (Washington, 1856), Serial Set 795.
4. San Francisco. "The Mission of San Francisco, Upper California" in Alexander Forbes, Esq., California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839.
5. Santa Fe. "View of the City of Santa Fe" in H. T. Wilson, Historical Sketch of Santa Fé. Chicago: Hotel World Publishing Co., [1884].
6. Taos. "The Pueblo of Taos" in Blanche C. Grant, One Hundred Years Ago in Old Taos. Taos, NM, 1925.

Supplemental Text
O'Sullivan article. O'Sullivan, John L. "Annexation," in The United States Magazine and Domestic Review, xvii (July and August 1845) pp. 5-10.

Grade K-2 Resources
outline version of the core map

Grade 3-5 Resources
Detail of the southwest area of the core map

Grade 6-8 Resources
North America in 1854 - printable version of North America in 1854
Detail from John Disturnell's map of Mexico in 1846. Select the jpg format for on-line viewing; select the PDF format for printing.

Grade 9-12 Resources
North America in 1854 - printable version of North America in 1854
O'Sullivan article