Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Artifacts, Primary SourceDate Posted: 12/22/2010
Recruiting poster printed with "Volunteers for Mexico." Broadsides (single sheets of paper usually printed on one side) served as public announcements or advertisements soon after the beginning of printing.
Museum education
To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including...
Colorado, Manifest Destiny, California, Nevada, Utah, military history, westward expansion, recruitment, territorial expansion, Expansion, Massachusetts, Arizona, War with Mexico, Destiny, New Mexico, Mexican american war, soldier, Mexican War, Mexican-American War, History