Transcript Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
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Belief America should expand from coast
to coast
President James K. Polk used this as his
campaign idea
Other presidents had also believed the
same thing
Moving West
Fur Trappers went first
blazing trails across the
Rocky Mountains
Men like Jim Bridger,
Jim Beckwourth,
Jedediah Smith brought
civilization into the
wilderness
Pioneers & Settlers followed the
Mountain Men
They brought their
families for a new
life.
They moved to the
valleys of Oregon,
Utah, & California in
the 1840’s & 1850’s
Trails Westward
Oregon Trail
Mormon
Trail
California
Trail
Sante Fe
Trail
Religious Freedom :Mormons go
The Great Salt Lake in Utah
Mormons
murdered by
mobs of
angry
citizens
Mormon Journey Westward
Mormon leader
Brigham
Young leads
the west to
escape bad
treatment
Stephen F. Austin & Sam Houston :
Texas Revolution Leaders
Battle of San Jacinto Wins Texas
Independence 1836
Republic of Texas Annexed in 1845
Mexico & Texas
didn’t agree on
the borders of
Texas
When the
U.S. annexed
Texas, war
began
between The
United States
& Mexico
President Polk: Wins on the
promise of Manifest
Destiny
• Promised to add Texas
• Promised to add Oregon
• Promised to add California
• Fifty-four forty or Fight!
Mexican War: U.S. vs Mexico
1846-1848
Gen. Zachary Taylor wins the Battle of Buena Vista
Gen. Winfield Scott Captures Mexico
City
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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Ends the Mexican War
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U.S. pays Mexico $15,000,000
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Mexico “cedes” gives the U.S. the Mexican
Cession (California, New Mexico, agrees to The
Rio Grande as the Texas border
California Gold Rush: 1849
Gold was
discovered
Sutter’s Mill
Miners “rushed” to California in the
Gold Rush
Effects of the California Gold Rush
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California asks to become a free state & this
causes more sectionalism
Californios have property taken by Americans
Native Americans die from disease and
fighting
Chinese & foreign miners are forced to pay a
Foreign Miner tax
Oregon Added to the Union
Great Britain &
the United
States agree to
split the
Oregon
Territory
President
completed
his promise
to add
Texas,
Oregon, &
California
Manifest Destiny
Completes the United
States
• Gadsden Purchase added in
1853 from Mexico
• Political promises by Polk help
Americans to add territory
• Religious freedom urges
Mormons to move west
• Economic opportunities brings
people to find farmland or gold