Manifest Destiny American Territorial Expansion 1803-1853

Manifest DestinyAmerican Territorial Expansion1803-1853Mr. JohnsonAPUSHManifest Destiny

The Slavery Controversy

Essential QuestionDid fulfilling our Manifest Destiny strengthen American nationalism or divide the country along sectional lines?Your ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismManifest DestinyAmerican Territorial Expansion1803-1853Louisiana Purchase1803Louisiana Purchase (1803)

How AddedThomas JeffersonPurchased from FranceChallenged Jeffersons strict interpretationLewis & Clark Expedition

Thomas JeffersonNationalismNew land for farming Jeffersons agrarian empire of libertyFree use of the Mississippi River & New Orleans port

SectionalismHenry Clays Missouri CompromiseMissouri slave stateMaine free state36-30 line above free, below slaveJefferson: Firebell in the night

Missouri Compromise

Henry ClayYour ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismLouisiana Purchase (1803)Thomas JeffersonPurchased from FranceChallenged Jeffersons strict interpreta-tionLewis & Clark ExpeditionNew land for farming Jeffersons agrarian empire of libertyFree use of the Mississippi River/New Orleans

Henry Clays Missouri CompromiseMissouri slave stateMaine free state36-30 line above free, below slaveJefferson: Firebell in the nightFlorida1819Florida (1819)

How AddedPurchased from SpainAdams-Onis TreatySecretary of State John Q. Adams

John Quincy AdamsNationalismNew land for farmingDistanced Spanish threat from U.S. homelandJames Monroes Era of Good Feelings

James MonroeSectionalismNew slave stateFugitive slaves Black SeminolesSeminole Wars

Your ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismFlorida (1819)Purchased from SpainAdams-Onis TreatySec. of State John Q. AdamsNew land for farmingDistanced Spainish threat from U.S. homelandJames Monroes Era of Good FeelingsNew slave stateFugitive slaves Black SeminolesSeminole WarsTexas1845Texas (1845)

How AddedStephen Austins Missourians colonized TexasTexas War for Independence (1836-1837)Lone Star Republic of Texas

Stephen AustinNationalismRemember the AlamoJames K. Polk: Manifest Destiny president

SectionalismAnnexation?North vs. SouthPolk supports annexationAnnexed as a slave state

James K. PolkYour ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismTexas (1845)Stephen Austins Missourians colonize TexasTexas War for Inde-pendence (1836-1838)Lone Star Republic of TexasRemember the AlamoJames K. Polk: Manifest Destiny presidentAnnexation?North vs. SouthPolk supports annexationAnnexed as a slave stateMexican Cession1848Mexican Cession (1848)

How AddedMexican War (1846-1848)US winsTreaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)Mexico surrenders 2/5 of its landNationalismManifest Destiny accomplishedFrom sea to shining sea1849 California gold rush: 49ersClipper ships & trade with Asia

SectionalismHenry David Thoreau: Civil DisobedienceRalph Waldo Emerson: Mexico will poison us.Wilmot ProvisoLand should be free from slaveryHenry Clays Compromise of 1850California free stateNew Mexico/Arizona popular sovereigntyWashington, D.C. slave trade abolishedFugitive Slave Act of 1850

Henry David ThoreauYour ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismMexican Cession (1848)Mexican War (1846-1848)US winsTreaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)Mexico surrenders 2/5 of its landManifest Destiny accomplishedFrom sea to shining sea1849 California gold rush: 49ersClipper ships & trade with AsiaHenry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience; Emerson: Mexico will poison us.Wilmot Proviso Land should be free from slaveryHenry Clays Compromise of 1850California free stateNew Mexico/Arizona popular sovereigntyWashington, D.C. slave trade abolishedFugitive Slave Act of 1850Gadsden Purchase1853Gadsden Purchase (1853)

How AddedPurchased from Mexico

James GadsdenNationalismConstruction of the Southern Pacific railroad line

Your ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismGadsden Purchase (1853)Purchased from MexicoConstruction of Southern Pacific railroad lineOregon Country1845Oregon Country (1845)

How AddedBorder dispute with British Canada49th parallel?54 40 or Fight!Border settled peacefully at 49

NationalismFrom sea to shining seaManifest Destiny accomplishedOregon gold rush

SectionalismFree states

Your ChartTerritory (Year)How AddedNationalismSectionalismOregon Country (1845)Border dispute with British Canada49th parallel54 40 or Fight!Border settled peacefully at 49From sea to shining seaManifest Destiny accomplishedOregon gold rushFree statesCuba:Ostend Manifesto1854Ostend Manifesto (1854)Failed proposal to purchase Cuba from SpainDemocratic diplomat James Buchanan

NationalismManifest Destiny imperialismMonroe Doctrine

SectionalismNorth opposed addition of another slave state

Your ChartTerritory (Year)NationalismSectionalismOstend Manifesto(1854)Failed proposal to purchase Cuba from SpainDemocratic diplomat James BuchananManifest Destiny imperialismMonroe DoctrineNorth opposed addition of another slave stateNicaragua:William Walker1856-1857William Walker in NicaraguaPossible location for a Central American canalWilliam Walker declared himself president in 1856Executed in 1857

NationalismManifest Destiny imperialismMonroe Doctrine

SectionalismNorth opposed addition of another slave state

Your ChartTerritory (Year)NationalismSectionalismWilliam Walker in Nicar-agua (1857)Possible location for a Central American canalWilliam Walker declared himself president in 1856Executed in 1857Manifest Destiny imperialismMonroe DoctrineNorth opposed addition of another slave stateAge of Imperialism

Whose Destiny?Native Americans, African Americans & MexicansTrail of Tears

Mexican Lands

Expansion of Slavery

Civil War