Chapter 12

Manifest Destiny

Sec. 1 Oregon Country

• Present day Oregon, Wash, Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming

• Adams Onis Treaty –Spanish

No longer claimed Oregon Terr.

England only competitor

Mountain men lived in territory

South pass found, main route to OT

Settling Oregon

• Whitman Mission- among first settlers, were killed b/c they brought disease

• Oregon Trail 2,000 mile journey traveled by thousands

• Gathered at Independence Missouri, followed the Oregon Trail

Manifest Destiny

• It is inevitable that the US spread to the Pacific Ocean

• John O’Sullivan coined the phrase “manifest destiny”

• Overspread and possess the whole of the continent

• James Polk won election b/c he supported manifest destiny 1844

Map

• Label and color - Rocky Mountains, Missouri River Mississippi River, Pacific Ocean, Texas(1845) and New Mexico Territories (pg. 372 includes present day states NM, AZ, CO, UT, NV, CA)

• Louisiana Territory and place date of acquisition, Oregon Territory (p. 361)

Sec. 2 Texas’ Independence

• Conflict began in 1803, Americans claimed land in the Louis. Purchase contained Texas– Mexico said NO! – Texas is a product of Manifest Destiny

• 1845 Texas annexed into US

Sec. 3 War with Mexico

• New Mexico Territory• Santa Fe Trail – Becknell – as trade

increased with the people in New Mexico, Americans began to settle there

• Americans were also interested in California

War with Mexico

• Pres. Polk determined to get Calif.• Mexico refused to sell territory• So we provoked Mexico• Disputed over the Texas/Mexico border• Sent troops into Mexico- General Zach

Taylor• Many believed if US spread to west, so

would slavery

California and the Bear Flag Republic

• Americans proclaimed the

independent BFR

• Unaware of the fighting between US and Mexico

• Capture of Mexico City 1847 war is over

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo18481848

• Mexico gave up all claims to TX, Rio Grande southern border

• Ceded the New Mexico territory/California

• US gave Mexico 15 million15 million• 1853 Gadsden purchase 10 million10 million to

Mexico

Sec. 4 New Settlers in California and Utah

• California Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush 1849 brought thousands to the territory

• Boomtowns popped up everywhere

• Cities grew

• Had no laws, vigilantes took over

StatehoodStatehood

• California applied for statehood in 1850

• It opposed slavery, caused problem in Congress

• Solved with Compromise of 1850

Utah

• Joseph Smith- founder of Mormons

• Persecuted so Mormons moved

• Smith killed, Brigham Young took over

• Led members to Great Salt Lake

Map InstructionsColor and Label the following

13 Colonies 1776

Treaty of Paris 1783

Florida 1819

Louisiana Purchase 1803

Oregon Territory 1846

Texas 1845

Mexican Cession-New Mexico Terr. 1848

Gadsden Purchase 1853

Appalachian Mountains

Rocky Mountains, Cascade Mts, Sierra Nevada

Mississippi River, Ohio River