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Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny. 1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization. POLITICAL PARTIES EMERGED. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE Acquired by President Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803

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Manifest Destiny

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  1. Manifest Destiny 1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization.

  2. POLITICAL PARTIES EMERGED

  3. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE Acquired by President Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803 INCLUDED PARTS OF LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, IOWA, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NEBRASKA, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, COLORADO, WYOMING, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND MONTANA

  4. Lewis and ClarkExplore New Lands SET THE STAGE FOR INCREASED EXPLORATION, TRADE, SETTLEMENT AND ANNEXATION.

  5. MAP OF LEWIS AND CLARK’S JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION

  6. WAR OF 1812 • 2nd war with Britain • US won (again) • Significance of the War of 1812: • SHOWED THE U.S. WAS A WORLD MILITARY POWER • LAST U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS (for about a century).

  7. NATIVE AMERICAN REMOVAL, 1830s • MOVED MOST OF THE NATIONS OF TRIBES INTO OKLAHOMA. • THE MOST TRAGIC REMOVAL INVOLVED THE CHEROKEE • THOUSANDS DIED • REMEMBERED AS THE TRAIL OF TEARS.

  8. Contemporary art inspired by the Trail of Tears Jason Fuller Mike Menasco

  9. Tennessee Indian Tribes Mound Builders Cherokee Chickasaw Chickamauga Alabama Indian Tribes Cherokee Creek Choctaw Chickasaw Mississippi Indian Tribes Natchez Chickasaw Choctaw Kentucky Indian Tribes Cherokee Delaware Iroquois Shawnee

  10. MANIFEST DESTINY THE BELIEF THAT THE U.S. HAD A GOD GIVEN MISSION TO SPREAD ITS CIVILIZATION

  11. REASONS FOR MANIFEST DESTINY • THE TELEGRAPH, STEAMSHIPS AND THE RAILROAD LINKED FAR DISTANT PLACES LIKE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA • BELIEF THAT THE DEMOCRACY MUST CONTINUE TO GROW • A NEED TO DEVELOP NEW TRADE MARKETS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH • FEAR THAT OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SPREAD AND TAKE OVER • DO WE STILL HAVE THESE BELEIFS TODAY? PROVIDE EXAMPLES:

  12. THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, 1846-1848 MANIFEST DESTINY AND THE DESIRE FOR MORE TERRITORY FUELED THIS WAR

  13. Resultsof the Mexican American War U.S. GAINED LARGE AMOUNTS of TERRITORIES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA’s GOLD DEPOSITS MAP OF TERRITORY GAINED FROM MEXICO

  14. CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 1848-1856 What was the California Gold Rush? ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________

  15. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD POURED INTO CALIFORNIAHOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH IN THE GOLDFIELDS FOREIGNERS WERE TREATED HARSHLY, ATTACKED AND TAXED EXTRA CHILEANS CHINESE MINERS

  16. GOLD RUSH = DISASTER FOR NATIVE AMERICANS THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS WERE MASSACRED. EDITORIAL FROM A YREKA NEWSPAPER JUST AFTER THE GOLD RUSH BEGAN: "THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE INDIAN PROBLEM IS TO EXTERMINATE THEM"... ANYONE WHO ARGUES TO THE CONTRARY IS TAKING A MOST TRAITOROUS POSITION."

  17. LINCOLN ELECTED, 1860

  18. SUMMARY • PUMP UP THE JAM

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