Transcript Manifest Destiny

Manifest
Destiny
“from sea to shining sea”
Manifest
Destiny
 Manifest
Destiny - the belief many
Americans had that we should
expand all the way to the Pacific
“from sea to shining sea.”
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By 1844, this became government policy
From sea to shinning sea!
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
Manifest Destiny pictures
•Pictures of people moving
•The desire to move west
and expand
How did we get all the land?
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The U.S. got land many different ways.
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Through treaties
Through war
Negotiations
Through agreements with other countries
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The United States
already had the
land in green from
winning the
Revolutionary War
with the British
Louisiana Purchase
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Louisiana Purchase – 1803 –
Thomas Jefferson purchased
this land from the French for $15
million.
It doubled
the size of
the United
States
Florida
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Adams-Onis Treaty – 1819 –
Spain gave Florida to the United
States.
U.S. paid $5 million as part of the treaty
Spain was having
problems with the
Indians in Florida
and gave up its
claim.
Texas Annexation
Originally Texas was owned by the
Spanish and was called Tejas.
 In 1821, Mexico gained its
independence from Spain and Tejas
became Mexico.
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Stephen Austin
began attracting
Americans to Tejas soon there were more
Americans in Tejas
than Tejanos.
Texas Annexation
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A rebellion began – Americans fought for
independence from Mexico and won.
 The Lone Star Republic was formed
Texas Annexation – 1845 – President
James Polk added Texas to the United
States in 1845
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To annex – to add
Problem: Mexico and the US
disagreed on the Southern
border of Texas
Rio Grande v. Nueces River
100 miles difference
Oregon Territory
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Oregon Territory – 1846 – the
United States and Britain agreed
to divide the Oregon territory in
half.
This serves as
the border
between the US
and Canada
Mexican Cession
As a result of the Texas border
dispute, Mexico and America went to
war.
 In Feb. 1848, the war officially ended
with the signing of the
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Treaty of
Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Mexican Cession – 1848 – Mexico
ceded (gave up) this land to the U.S.
as part of the treaty after the war.
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U.S. would pay $15 million to Mexico
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Area includes present-day California, Nevada,
Utah, parts of New Mexico and Arizona
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Mexico also agreed
that the Rio Grande
would be the
southern border
of Texas.
Gadsden Purchase
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Gadsden Purchase – 1853 –
Mexico sold this land to the U.S.
for $10 million. It is the last piece
to complete the U.S.
The U.S.
wanted
it for the
railroad –
to avoid
the Rocky Mtns.
The Whole Map
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Order of territories gained
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United States from Rev. War
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Louisiana Purchase
Florida
Texas Annexation
Oregon Territory
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
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1783
1803
1819
1845
1846
1848
1853
Trails West
Heading West
Once all this new land and territory was
gained, people began to move west.
Reasons people moved west:
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Land speculators bought huge amounts of
land hoping to make money
In search of new markets to sell goods
In search of gold and wealth
Religious reasons
Santa Fe Trail
•People in New Mexico
were eager for new
merchandise
•Many traveled the Santa
Fe Trail to Santa Fe New
Mexico in search of new
markets for goods.
Oregon Trail
•Tales of Oregon’s great land and climate tempted people to
travel there.
•Many traveled the Oregon Trail to head northwest and
begin new lives.
Mormon Trail
•While most pioneers
went in search of wealth,
the Mormons went for
religious reasons.
•Mormons traveled to
Salt Lake City on the
Mormon Trail and
settled in Utah.
•Brigham Young, the Mormon leader,
moved his people to Utah hoping his people
would be left to follow their faith in peace.
•Not all agreed with the Mormon teachings.
Watch the way the settlers used to
grab land
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxaJY8U
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Gold!
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John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, bought
50,000 acres in California
James Marshall, a carpenter, was building a
sawmill on Sutter’s Mill when “my eye caught
a glimpse of something shining…
I reached my hand down and
picked it up; for I was certain
it was gold!”
Gold Rush
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Thousands of Americans raced to California
in hopes of finding gold themselves
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This became known as the California Gold Rush
A forty-niner became known as someone
who went to California in 1849 to seek gold.
Rush is over
The gold rush was over by 1852.
While it lasted 250,000 people
(mostly men) flooded to California in search of gold
Effects of the gold rush:
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This huge migration of people cause
economic growth that changed California
forever.
Native Americans died from disease and
were pushed off land.
California applied for statehood.
Primary and
Secondary Sources
Where do historians get their
information??
Where??
Historians use a wide variety of sources
to answer questions about the past. In
their research, history scholars use both
primary sources and secondary sources
Primary Source
What is a primary source?
Primary sources are actual records that
have survived from the past.
Examples include:
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letters
documents
photographs/posters
articles of clothing
original speeches written by actual people
Primary Source Examples
Primary sources are actual records that
have survived from the past.
An original slave
reward poster
Declaration of
Independence
Washington’s
handwritten
farewell address
An actual drawing from
Meriwether Lewis from his
journal
Secondary Source
What is a secondary source?
Secondary sources are accounts of the past
created by people writing about events
sometime after they happened. Examples
include:
– history textbook
– Books written about famous people in
history (biographies)
– A conversation with someone about famous
people in history
Secondary Source Examples
Secondary sources are accounts of the past
created by people writing about events
sometime after they happened.
A conversation about Thomas
Jefferson with Thomas
Jefferson’s great-great-great
granddaughter
A book written about George
Washington (a biography)
Vocabulary
Cede- To officially give, as a territory from one
country to another
Annexation- the formal of one political region to
another
Manifest Destiny- the belief many Americans had
that we should expand all the way to the Pacific
“from sea to shining sea.”
– By 1844, this became government policy