Transcript Bonardi western expansions

By Eric Bonardi
Manifest destiny
• Manifest Destiny was the 19th century
American belief that the United States was
destined to expand across the continent. It
was used by Democrats in the 1840s to
justify the war with Mexico; the concept
was denounced by Whigs, and fell into
disuse after the mid-19th century.
Slave or Non slave
• Many constitutional issues arouse during
Americas journey of western expansion
due to deciding what new found land and
places would become slave or non slave
states.
Missouri Compromise
• The Missouri Compromise was an
agreement passed in 1820 between the
pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the
United States Congress, involving primarily
the regulation of slavery in the western
territories. It prohibited slavery in the former
Louisiana Territory north of the parallel
36°30′ north except within the boundaries of
the proposed state of Missouri. Prior to the
agreement, the House of Representatives
had refused to accept this compromise, and
a conference committee was appointed.
Kansas Nebraska Act
• The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of
Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had
the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing
settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty
whether they would allow slavery within each territory. The act was
designed by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The
initial purpose of the Kansas–Nebraska Act was to open up many
thousands of new farms and make feasible a Midwestern
Transcontinental Railroad. It became problematic when popular
sovereignty was written into the proposal so that the voters of the
moment would decide whether slavery would be allowed. The result
was that pro- and anti-slavery elements flooded into Kansas with the
goal of voting slavery up or down, leading to a bloody civil war there.
Gold rush
• In 1849 gold was found in California
causing many Americans to travel there in
hopes that they would find large amounts
of gold and make it big.
Mexican American war
The Mexican–American War,
•
was an armed conflict between the United States of
America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
• Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from spring
1846 to fall 1847. American forces quickly occupied New
Mexico and California, then invaded parts of
Northeastern Mexico and Northwest Mexico; meanwhile,
the Pacific Squadron conducted a blockade, and took
control of several garrisons on the Pacific coast further
south in Baja California. After Mexico would still not
agree to the cession of its northern territories, another
American army captured Mexico City, and the war ended
in victory of the U.S .
Multiple choice
• How was territorial expansion related to the
issue of slavery ?
• A) Because slaves wanted it to be.
• B) It wasn’t
• C) The North wanted states to be free and the
South wanted new states to be slave states to
help maintain a balance in Congress. There
was always the question of whether these new
territories would become states that were for or
against slavery.
What was the Missouri
Compromise ?
• A) The Missouri Compromise is an agreement made in
1820 that called for the admission of Missouri as a slave
state and Maine as a free state.
• B) A compromise giving Russia missouri.
• C) An agreement making missouri a free state.
Why did the United States go to
war with Mexico ?
• A) Mexico attacked the U.S .
• B) The Mexican War started because Mexico was upset
with Texan annexing to the US. There was a border
dispute between Texas and Mexico.
• C) The U.S wanted to steal their tobacco.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska
Act?
• A)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 overturned the
Missouri by allowing those territories to decide the
question of slavery by popular sovereignty.
• B) Slaves were used on the farms or plantations and
were considered property.
• C) US acquired territory by treaty.
from Spain.
Florida was acquired