Dr. Rosie Jayde Uyola teaches how Manifest Destiny drove U.S. expansion westward from 1844–1877, intensifying conflicts over land, slavery, and national identity. The Mexican-American War and resulting territorial gains reignited divisions that compromises could no longer contain, ultimately leading to Civil War.

Dr. Rosie Jayde Uyola teaches students how to sescribe the historical context surrounding these documents and how to identify and explain the relationship between the events and/or ideas found in these documents (Cause and Effect, or Similarity/Difference, or Turning Point).