Transcript Ch 14 Complete

Chapter Fourteen
The Territorial
Expansion of the
United States,
1830s–1850s
American Progress, 1872 John Gast
14.2: The Politics of Expansion
Democrats vs. Whigs
MAP 14.3 The Overland
Trails, 1840 All the great trails
west started at the Missouri
River. The Oregon, California,
and Mormon Trails followed
the Platte River into Wyoming,
crossed South Pass, and
divided in western Wyoming.
The much harsher Santa Fé
Trail stretched 900 miles
southwest across the Great
Plains. All of the trails crossed
Indian Territory and, to greater
or lesser extent, Mexican
possessions as well.
Realities
FIGURE 14.1 Overland Emigration to Oregon, California, and Utah, 1840–60 Before 1849, the
westward migration consisted primarily of family groups going to Oregon or Utah. The discovery of gold in
California dramatically changed the migration: through 1854, most migrants were single men “rushing” to
California, which remained the favored destination up until 1860. Over the twenty-year period from 1840
to 1860, the Overland Trails were transformed from difficult and dangerous routes to well-marked and
well-served thoroughfares. SOURCE:John Unruh Jr.,The Plains Across (Champaign-Urbana: University
of Illinois Press,1979),pp.119 –20
F. Texas from Mexican Province to
State
MAP 14.4a Texas: From Mexican
Province to U.S. State In the
space of twenty years, Texas
changed shape three times.
Initially part of the Mexican
province of Coahuila y Tejas, it
became the Republic of Texas in
1836, following the Texas Revolt,
and was annexed to the United
States in that form in 1845. Finally,
in the Compromise of 1850
following the Mexican-American
War, it took its present shape.
MAP 14.4b Texas: From Mexican Province to U.S. State
MAP 14.4c Texas: From Mexican Province to U.S. State
Gadsden Purchase
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