Manifest Destiny

The United States of America Expands Westward

Manifest Destiny SWBT1. Define that term.

2. Apply it to American History by– Mapping out the land acquisition by the USA

from 1803 to 1853 giving each segment a title– Describing how the land was acquired

providing one example of each• By Diplomacy• By Conquest

3. Describe various groups of people that were part of the settling of the West.

Manifest Destiny• Study the following picture

– List all the people in the image• Describe them. • What are they doing?• Where are they going?• What emotions are they feeling?

– Who/What is most prominent?– What does the artist want us to believe?– Would all “Americans” feel the same way?

Research Manifest Destiny

• Divide into groups.• Each group:

– gets a reading– reads, thinks about, then writes answers to

the questions on the next slide– then shares the answers with the class while

the other students take notes

For each Section, Answer:

1. Why did the USA want that section of land?

2. What were the problems or obstacles to obtaining that land?

3. What are the main details about how that land was acquired?

4. What are the boundaries of that land?

5. What are the benefits to the USA of having that land? (see #1)

6. Any additional important information to tell us?Each Group’s notes will be graded for completeness of information – Participation points!

15.2 Louisiana Purchase

1) Why?

2) Obstacles?

3) Details?

4) Boundaries?

5) Benefits?

6) Additional?

1) Why? Full access to Mississippi River

2) Obstacles? Owned by France

3) Details? First just wanted New Orleans for $7 million, but France offered much more for $15 million

4) Boundaries? Mississippi to Rocky Mtns, triangle with bottom point at New Orleans

5) Benefits? Full access to River, No French presence

6) Additional? Constitutional issues, $0.02 -3 per acre

15.3 Florida

1) Why?

2) Obstacles?

3) Details?

4) Boundaries?

5) Benefits?

6) Additional?

1) Why? Stop Seminole raiding, complete East Coast, lessen Spain influence

2) Obstacles? Owned by Spain, Seminoles warlike

3) Details? Jackson told to stop Seminole raiding but he successfully invaded Florida, JQA says to Spain, “Govern or get out!”

4) Boundaries? Florida coastline to Alabama

5) Benefits? Handle the Seminoles, No Spanish presence

6) Additional? Spain was to keep Texas

15.4 Texas

1) Why?

2) Obstacles?

3) Details?

4) Boundaries?

5) Benefits?

6) Additional?

1) Why? Gain cotton growing land

2) Obstacles? Owned by Mexico

3) Details? First colonized by Americans, then rebellion to free Texas from Mexico, The Alamo and then other battles

4) Boundaries? Rio Grande River to south,

5) Benefits? Land gained for cotton and other uses, lessen Mexico influence

6) Additional? Texas was independent for 9 years

15.5 Oregon Country

1) Why?

2) Obstacles?

3) Details?

4) Boundaries?

5) Benefits?

6) Additional?

1) Why? Complete coast to coast, good land, Oregon Fever (Lies!)

2) Obstacles? Claimed by Russia, Great Britain, Spain, USA

3) Details? Russia and Spain drop out, Shared then split with Great Britain

4) Boundaries? 49th parallel, northern border with California

5) Benefits? Access to Pacific and important rivers

6) Additional? Peaceful acquisition diplomatically from Great Britain.

15.6 War with Mexico

1) Why?

2) Obstacles?

3) Details?

4) Boundaries?

5) Benefits?

6) Additional?

1) Why? Ambition, Manifest Destiny

2) Obstacles? Owned by Mexico

3) Details? Offer to buy from Mexico refused. Annexation of Texas led to contention of southern Texas border, war in USA as well as an invasion into Mexico. Purchased from Mexico.

4) Boundaries? Modern California, Arizona, New Mexico

5) Benefits? Straight Coast to Coast

6) Additional? Some Americans considered war with Mexico like bullying our neighbors.

Life in the WestPeople’s Stories

Life in The West

Explorers• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – contact Indians, map passages• Hardships – rough territory, wildlife,

language, food• Legacies – Maps, Information, CAN BE

DONE!

Life in The West

Californios• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – 1) convert Indians 2) get land• Hardships – long distances from neighbors• Legacies – Spanish names of places, crops:

grape, olives, citrus, initial settling

Life in The West

Mountain Men• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – Trapping of furs, freedom and adventure

• Hardships – solitary, dangerous • Legacies – found trails and paths,

mapmaking, personal journals describing their hardships

Life in The West

Missionaries• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – to convert Indians, to develop religious institutions for future white settlement

• Hardships – travel difficulties, cultural differences

• Legacies – opening the west to white settlement

Life in The West

Pioneer Women• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – followed husbands, look for husbands, adventure

• Hardships – long journey, hard work, disease,

• Legacies – schools, libraries, literary societies, suffrage movements

Life in The West

Mormons• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – escape persecution, gather as a group

• Hardships – persecution, unpromising land, • Legacies – settled in the Great Basin with

new ways to farm

• Reasons – GOLD! Supply those who mined GOLD!

• Hardships – travel, few women, inflation, crime and wildness, mining was difficult,

• Legacies – quick population growth, name for a football team.

Life in The West

Forty-Niners• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

Life in The West

Chinese• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

• Reasons – California called “ Gam Saan (Jin Shan)” = gold mtn.

• Hardships – mistreated - whites saw them as competition for certain jobs

• Legacies – Chinatowns and sharing of culture, service industries: restaurants, cleaning, railroad

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