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Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion

Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion. Miss Springborn Team 6- Social Studies. How do we gain all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?. What is Manifest Destiny ?. The belief that the United States should “expand ocean to ocean.”. Manifest Destiny.

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Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion

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  1. Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion Miss Springborn Team 6- Social Studies

  2. How do we gain all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

  3. What is Manifest Destiny ? • The belief that the United States should “expand ocean to ocean.”

  4. Manifest Destiny • “The American claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent…”- John O’Sullivan

  5. WHY? • People living in our country thought that we were a special nation and therefore destined to spread across the continent.

  6. The Louisiana Purchase

  7. Louisiana Purchase- October 20th 1803 • Why- United States was scared France would not let us use the port city of New Orleans. • So…. President Jefferson offers to buy the land from France.

  8. Cost of the Louisiana Purchase • It cost $15 million and doubled the size of the United States. • In 1804 the cost was $0.03 a square mile • In 2008, the Equivalent cost was about $2.57 per square mile. • Was this a Good Deal for the United States???

  9. Lewis and Clark • Americans knew very little about this new land. • Lewis and Clark were sent out to explore the new territory with the help of Sacagawea.

  10. A Mission of Discovery • Lewis and Clark kept journals describing the people, places, plants and animals they saw: • Rocky Mountains • Huge herds of Buffalo, Elk and Deer • New Plants • Many Native Groups

  11. The War of 1812 • Who?- this is between America and Great Britain. versus

  12. War Again? • President Madison declares war under pressure of War Hawks in Congress because Great Britain was ignoring our neutrality (staying out of foreign affairs).

  13. Important details: • Many battles take place along the Canadian border. • Both Buffalo and Washington are burned to the ground by the British and United States burns York (Toronto).

  14. York (Toronto) Hamburg Washington Battles of the War of 1812

  15. Florida • Many People wanted to settle in this area, but it was owned by Spain. • Additionally there were many Seminole Indians in this area who were hostile.

  16. Florida • In April 1818, General Andrew Jackson invades Florida (1st Seminole War) • Jackson takes over all of Florida without permission from President Monroe. • Jackson’s presence in Florida convinced Spanish to sign the Adams-Onis Treaty. • U.S. gets Florida.

  17. Monroe Doctrine: • Warning to all of Europe • All of North and South America was CLOSED to colonization (settling by other nations). • Written by President Monroe.

  18. European Reaction • Many European nations were angry because the US was standing up to them. • The Europeans also used the colonies as a source of Raw Materials.

  19. EUROPE STAY OUT

  20. The Oregon Trail • Path that stretched 2,000 miles west through the Rocky Mts. • An average trip lasted 6 months. • Travelers went from dawn till dusk. • Thousands of Americans made the journey.

  21. Oregon a State ? • Americans living in Oregon wanted to become a state • Expansionists wanted to control all of the land north until the 54th parallel. Settlers used the slogan… • “Fifty-Four, Forty or Fight!” • Eventually war was avoided and the Treaty of Oregon was signed, settling at the 49thparallel.

  22. Texas War for Independence • When?- starts in October 1835- Ends in April 1836… lasted 7 months.

  23. The Texas War for Independence • Why Did It Happen? • American settlers living in Texas were being controlled by Mexico. • They wanted their independence and refused to become citizens of Mexico.

  24. What happens next? • Battle of the Alamo…

  25. Important People to know… Stephen Austin, leader of settlers from America. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna- leader of Mexico that attacked settlers in Texas. William Travis, Jim Bowie, Davey Crocket- all fought on Texas’s side at the Battle the Alamo where 1,800 Mexican troops attacked 189. Texas troops over 13 days.

  26. “Remember the Alamo” became rallying cry of war.

  27. The Mexican War • When?- President JamesPolk declares war in May 1846. • Why?- “Mexico has shed American blood on American soil” James Polk. American troops and Mexican troops clashed in a disputed area near Mexican/Texas border. Polk

  28. How does this war end? • We sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: • This gave the United States: • Mexican Cession • later we added the Gadsden Purchase.

  29. Mexican Cession Land given up by Mexico, which is now California, Nevada, and Utah It also included most of Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Colorado, Texas and Wyoming Gadsden Purchase Cost $10 million dollars Included Southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico We needed this land to complete the railroads to California The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  30. Gold Rush time… This becomes that

  31. In 1849, GOLD was discovered at a mill. Over 80,000 settlers came from all over to look for gold. These people were called forty-niners. Very few struck it rich. The California Gold Rush

  32. Actual posters from the Gold Rush…

  33. Places where gold was found…

  34. The Chart, Map, Cartoon: • Using your colored pencils so we can complete the Manifest Destiny map and chart. • Louisiana Purchase: 1803 • Oregon: August of 1848 • Mexican Cession: 1848 • Gadsden Purchase: 1853 • First: Fill in Chart • Then: Label all territories, Color each one a different color • Then: Create a Cartoon for the Monroe Doctrine

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