Transcript The United States Expands to the Pacific

I. The United States Expands to the Pacific
1. Manifest Destiny (the fever)
a. This term first seen in N.Y.
newspaper in 1845
b. Manifest “clearly shown” or
“plain to see”
c. Destiny “fate”
d. it was the fate of the United
States to expand westward to
the Pacific Ocean
e. Great Britain and Natives lived
there. So what? Fate, after all,
was fate
I. The U.S. Expands to the Pacific continued…
2. Oregon country
a. Pacific Northwest
b. Why Oregon?
-stories of shimmering
mountains, great forests,
fertile valleys
Got Oregon Fever?
2. Oregon Country continued…
a. Great Migration
-thousands of men, women, &
children journeyed in
covered wagons
b. American Demand for Oregon
-Democrats wanted Oregon
-used “fever” as a campaign ad
- “Fifty-four forty or fight”
What do you think that means?
c. Treaty of 1846:
-U.S. got all of Oregon south of the 49th parallel,
-Britain kept the part to the north
II. First Settlers Move into the Pacific Northwest
1. Oregon Country
a. West of the Rockies, from the
northern border of California
to Alaska (54,40)
2. Who were the first settlers?
a. Trappers and traders, mountain men
b. Great Britain had trading posts there
-in between a rock and a hard place
-American missionaries tried to
convert Natives to Christianity
-Missionaries sent reports back home….
What do you think they wrote?
III. Oregon Trail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail
1. Towns along the Missouri River were
the usual starting points
2. Trip Length- 6 to 8 months
3. Trip Distance- 2,400 miles
4. Careful of bad weather, illness, accidents
5. Did I mention Indian attacks?
6. Between 1840 and 1870 about 250,000 Americans
took the journey!
Directions (page 305)
Pick up the Oregon Trail at a town along the
Missouri River, follow it along the muddy Platte
River across the plains, cutting through the Rockies
at the South Pass (along the Snake River). Hoist
yourself over the Blue Mountains, then ferry down
the Columbia River until you arrive at Willamette
Valley….
Any questions?
www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/
Oregon_Trail.shtml
IV. Mormons Seek a Homeland
1.Group called the Mormons settled
around Great Salt Lake
a. Ended years of wandering
b. Opposed by most Americans
-resented for their beliefs
-Polygamy
-one man having several wives
2. Practiced dry farming in salty deserts of Utah
a. Elaborate irrigation system
b. Mormons flocked here
c. Wanted independence from the U.S.
d. Freedom from violence
The United States Expands to the Pacific
Questions to think about
1. How was the Pacific Northwest opened to settlers?
2. When did the United States acquire Oregon?
3. Why did the Mormons settle in Utah?