Essay Outline

Thesis: The Mexican American War is a turning point in American history and ideologically, technologically, and geographically changed America for the better.

I. Events leading up to the War.

a. Mexican Revolution.

b. Texas Revolution.

c. The Alamo

d. Manifest Destiny.

e. Westward Expansion.

II. The Factions: America.

a. James Polk.

b. Zachary Taylor.

c. Ulysses Grant.

d. Military History.

III The Factions: Mexico.

a. Santa Anna.

b. St. Patrick's Battalion.

c. Military History.

IV The War.

a. Weapons.

b. Battles.

c. The Outcome.

V Conclusion.

a. Restate Thesis.

b. Overview.

c. Support Thesis.