Transcript Expansion causes problems!

Expansion causes problems!
Time to play a little guessing
game!
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco = EXAMPLE
Brooklyn Bridge in NYC = Non-example
Grand Canyon in Arizona = EXAMPLE
Liberty Bell in Philadelphia = Non-example
Trail of Tears = Example
Proclamation of 1763 =
Non-example
Louisiana Purchase?
EXAMPLE!
Jamestown = ?
Non-Example
Pre-Columbian
Native
Cultures?
NONEXAMPLE!
Mexican War?
EXAMPLE
The Concept is…….
Manifest Destiny
• The belief that the United States had the clear
right and duty to expand to the Pacific
Ocean.
• Goal: make the United States more powerful
while educating and “saving” natives and
Mexicans that lived in the west
Reason #1 = Texas
• What caused
the Mexican
War?
• Americans moved into Texas
(1820’s) led by Stephen Austin.
• Had slaves and were Protestant
(both against Mexican law)
• 1830’s: Mexico began to enforce
those laws when General Santa
Anna took power.
• 1836: Texas won independence
from Mexico (Remember the
Alamo)
• 1845: Texas became a state (was
annexed by the U.S.) = Mexico
very angry – wanted it back!
Reason #2 = Manifest Destiny
• What
caused the
Mexican
War?
• Belief that the United States
had the right and duty to
expand to the Pacific Ocean.
• James K. Polk supported this
idea. He was elected
because he promised to
expand the U.S. or fight!
(Either Oregon or Texas)
• Problems: Opponents worried
about slavery spreading
• The war was very unpopular
in the North.
Why is it a problem if the US takes land from Mexico or Britain?
Reason #3 = Americans in
Mexican Territory
• And?
Brigham Young led Mormons to Utah
• Americans lived in Texas,
New Mexico (Utah,
Arizona, and Nevada were
included), and California.
• For inexpensive land,
gold, or motivated by
religion had moved to
those territories.
• Those people wanted to
become part of the U.S.
•The colored
diagonal lines
show the
“disputed
territory.”
•This is land
both the US
and Mexico
claimed
because they
could not
agree on the
Southern
border of
Texas.
The Mexican War
• What
happened in
the War?
• 1846-48: Started over Texas and
where the border was.
• Compromised with Britain over
Oregon
• Americans under Zachary Taylor
overpowered Mexico.
• Americans took over New Mexico and
California during the war.
• By 1847, Americans took Mexico City.
• Mexico forced to agree to the Treaty of
Guadalupe-Hidalgo: gave California
and New Mexico to the US for $15
million (Mexican Cession).
What will this mean?
What does it mean = Manifest Destiny leads to problems over
slavery!
RESULTS
• What were
the results of
the war?
1. Manifest Destiny was achieved!
2. Reopened the slavery debate =
Missouri Compromise no longer
worked!
• Wilmot Proviso (outlawing
slavery in the Mexican
Session) passed the House but
not the Senate
• Free-Soil Party created to stop
the spread of slavery (10% of
the votes in 1848)
Results Continued
3. War Heroes = important
leaders and experience for
years to come
4. New settlers: Mormons to
Utah, the Gold Rush to
California (mostly from
North), and more
immigration (from all
over)
5. People from different
cultures living together:
Diversity = Tolerance!