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MANIFEST DESTINY

MANIFEST DESTINY. Sea to Shining Sea. Westward Expansion. As population expands, Americans look WEST. Manifest Destiny : US was destined (God’s will) to expand to the Pacific Ocean People moved for…. 1) Land. 2) Business Opportunity. 3)Escape religious Persecution (Mormons).

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MANIFEST DESTINY

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  1. MANIFEST DESTINY Sea to Shining Sea

  2. Westward Expansion As population expands, Americans look WEST. Manifest Destiny: US was destined (God’s will) to expand to the Pacific Ocean People moved for… 1) Land 2) Business Opportunity 3)Escape religious Persecution (Mormons)

  3. Westbound Travelers used Indian trade routes: 1) Oregon Trail – from Missouri to Oregon 2) Santa Fe Trail – from Missouri to New Mexico 3) Mormon Trail – Led by Joseph Smith & later Brigham Young. Mormons headed to Utah

  4. Texas Independence 1820: Americans settle in Spanish Texas 1821: Mexico gains independence from Spain, Mexico welcomes Americans (economic growth & stability) 1830: More Americans than Mexicans in the territory, American settlers & Mexicans clash over slavery • 1835: Stephen Austin starts Texas independence movement • Mexican Pres. Santa Anna sends army to stop Austin’s mvmnt

  5. Remember the Alamo! 1836: American troops enter the Alamo, Santa Anna’s troops attack & win Later, 300 American rebels were executed by Santa Anna In response, Sam Houston leads rebels & capture Santa Anna, forcing him to sign the Treaty of Velasco Texas gets independence, Houston becomes President of Republic of Texas

  6. Mexican-American War Pres. Polk (pro-slavery) wants Texas to join US, Texas does Texas & Mexico having a dispute over borders (page 134) Polk proposes new borders and wants Mexico to sell N. Mexico & California – Mexico refuses 1845: Small fights breakout on Texas-Mexico border, Polk asks for declaration of war

  7. Results of the War 1846: American settlers seize Sonoma, declare Republic of California, w/ help of American troops Mexico beaten in CA Mexico loses war, signs Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848) Mexico gives US land to Pacific, US will pay $15 million for land 5 yrs later, Gadsden Purchase & Oregon allow more expansion 1848: Gold found in California, 49ers begin mining gold CA economy booming! “Go West Young Man” is new slogan

  8. “The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the baker his loaf, and the tapster (bar-tender) his bottle. All were off to the mines… I have only a community of women left, and a gang of prisoners, with here and there a soldier who will give his captain the slip at first chance. I don’t blame the fellow a whit; seven dollars a month, while others (prospectors) are making two or three hundred a day!” – Walter Colton The Gold Rush • Gold found in Sutter’s Mill, CA – 1848 • Migration • 1848: 400 • 1850: 44,000 “Go West, Young Man” - Horace Greeley

  9. “GO WEST, YOUNG MAN!” - Horace Greeley

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