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Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny. Tyler Becomes President. Harrison dies after 4 weeks in White House Democrat in Whig Clothing Tyler wants to expand!!!!. “American Progress” by John Gast , 1872. Manifest Destiny. God’s will for USA to possess the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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Manifest Destiny

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  1. Manifest Destiny

  2. Tyler Becomes President • Harrison dies after 4 weeks in White House • Democrat in Whig Clothing • Tyler wants to expand!!!!

  3. “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872

  4. Manifest Destiny • God’s will for USA to possess the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific

  5. Manifest Destiny

  6. Texas Independence (1836-1845)

  7. Texas…. Mexico’s Territory • Stephen Austin – was given land in Texas by the Spanish and the Mexicans for 300 families • Sam Houston – Governor of Texas • Land Grants Requirements: • Roman Catholic • Become properly “Mexicanized”

  8. Texas…. Mexico’s Territory • Houston we have a problem!!! • Slavery • Immigration • Local Rights • Texas wanted to become an independent state and break away from Mexico

  9. Texas Declaration of Independence

  10. Key Figures in Texas Independence, 1836 Sam Houston(1793-1863) Steven Austin(1793-1836)

  11. The Republic of Texas The Lone Star Republic

  12. Remember the Alamo • Texans were badly defeated and were forced to retreat from the forces of Santa Anna

  13. Remember the Alamo!

  14. Davey Crockett’s Last Stand

  15. The Battle of the Alamo General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna Recaptures the Alamo

  16. Battle of San Jacinto • Turning point in the war – Sam Houston WON!!! • Santa Anna Signed a treaty to remove troops and established the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of TX

  17. Now What? • Texans want to be annexed • Opposed: North • Supported: South • Why? • Slavery!!!!!

  18. Texas Annexation • Texas willing to engage in diplomacy with European nations for protection. • GB wanted Texas b/c it could: • Check the Southwest surge of the US • Free trade area • Cotton producing • Annexed in 1844 by President John Tyler • Polk won the presidential race that year and he was pro annexation. • Tyler took it to be a mandate from the people.

  19. James K. Polk • Dark Horse Candidate • Young Hickory • Election of 1844 – Polk v. Clay • Four goals: • Lower the tariff to 25% • Restore Independent Treasury • California • Oregon – 49 degrees

  20. Mexican American War • Polk wanted California, not a war • Mexico still didn’t accept that Texas was now part of the US • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - US got land from Texas to California from Mexico for $15,000,000 • 49ers – Gold Miners rushed to California

  21. The Mexican Cession

  22. Mexican American War • WilmontPriviso – slavery should be banned in any lands gained from Mexico • Never passed Congress

  23. The Oregon Trail – Albert Bierstadt, 1869

  24. Overland Immigration to the West • Between 1840 and 1860, more than250,000 people made the trekwestward.

  25. Trails Westward

  26. The Oregon Dispute: 54’ 40º or Fight! • By the mid-1840s,“Oregon Fever” wasspurred on by thepromise of free land. • The joint British-U. S.occupation ended in1846.

  27. Go West, Young Man Go West • Problems: • Poorly fed • Ill – clad – not properly dressed (coat in winter) • Lived in shanties • Disease • Depression • Premature death • Loneliness

  28. The Doomed Donner Party April, 1846 – April, 1847

  29. The Doomed Donner Party CANNIBALISM ! ! Margaret Patrick John Breen Breen Breen • Of the 83 members of the Donner Party, only 45 survived to get to California! James Reed & Wife

  30. Go West, Young Man Go West • Ecological Imperialism • Beaver • Bison • Sea otters

  31. Population Explosion!!! Immigration and High Birth Rates

  32. Rapid Urbanization • Smelly slums • No street lights • Bad police • Impure water • Foul sewage • Rats • Poor garbage disposal

  33. Why were they attracted then? • Europe was running out of room • “Land of freedom and opportunity” • Transoceanic trip was faster • Richer life • No compulsory military service • “3 meat meals a day” • Irish potato famine

  34. Immigrants Irish Germans

  35. Anti-foreignism • NINA - “No Irish Need Apply” • Scared of being outbred, outvoted, and overwhelmed • Nationalism at its worst • Irish were so poor that they would work for little to nothing • Why is this a problem?

  36. Know Nothing Party • Anti-Immigration • Radical • Secret Party • Members would claim to know nothing about the shady practices

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