Preview v List the 4 main reasons

why people migrate (move)

*Remember back to the Colonization ERA

You will write your notes on the inside of the flaps.

Notes for Manifest Destiny

Notes for Economic

Notes for Social

Notes for Political

Using your notes about Westward Expansion, fill in

the different territories with their correct titles.

Manifest Destiny

Economic Reasons:

Political Reasons:

Social/ Religious Reasons:

Florida Purchase

Louisiana Purchase

Oregon Territory

Mexican Cession

Gadsden Purchase Texas

Annexation

Original 13 Colonies

Northwest Territory

Manifest Destiny v Idea that the U.S. was destined to spread

civilization and democracy across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.

v It was ok to remove Native Americans and Mexicans from their land because they were

holding up progress.

Political Reasons

v Fear of European power

v Spread Democracy & American way of life.

v Keep the balance between Free and Slave states

for representation in Congress (South)

Economic Reasons

v Land –Cash Crops

v Gold –California

v Natural Resources

Social/ Religious Reasons

v Bring civilization, democracy and technology to

the west.

v Spread religion to Native Americans. U.S.

population had increased

v More land for settlers

Mormons

Farmers

Native Americans 49ers

Cowboys Railroad Workers

Definition: The belief in the 1800‘s that the US was destined by God to expand across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Exodusters

Act it out v You and your partners will be given a group of

settlers who migrated west v Read the short Bio about your group v Fill in the following sentence stem on your word

bubble -We are the ______________ and we are migrating for __________ reasons. We hope to _______________ in the west. We will probably settle in the ______________ territory because _____________________.

Mormons "  Brigham Young leads Mormons to Great Salt Lake "  Found Utah for religious freedom Farmers

"  Moving west for land

" Homestead Act (1862) gives acres of land for free to settlers

Native Americans "  Forced further west

"  Constrained to reservations

49ers "  Gold discovered outside San Francisco, CA in 1848

"  Gold rush begins in 1849

Railroad Workers "  Irish & Chinese immigrants "  Dangerous & difficult work

Cowboys "  Herding cattle from Texas to Kansas "  Take the Chisholm Trail North

Exodusters "  Former slaves escaping the South

"  Head to Kansas due to legend of John Brown

Manifest Destiny: 1.  Fear of European power 2.  Spread Democracy &

American way of life. 3.  Equal representation in

congress for free and slave states.

Economic Reasons: Bring civilization,

democracy and technology to the west. Spread religion to Native Americans. U.S. population had increased.

More land for settlers.

Land- Cash Crops Gold - California

Natural Resources

Idea that the U.S. was destined to spread civilization and

democracy across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.

It was ok to remove Native Americans and Mexicans from their land because they were

holding up progress.

Political Reasons:

Social Reasons:

Ticket Out On the back of your foldable complete the following sentence stems:

1.  An economic reason that a farmer would like Manifest Destiny was _____________________________.

2.  A person who supported Manifest Destiny because he wanted to make money from the natural resources out West had an _______________ reason for supporting it.

3.  A social reason that a missionary would support Manifest Destiny was ______________________________.

4.  Our Presidents supported Manifest Destiny for the political reason that it ______________________________.

Analyze: Did America benefit from the concept of Manifest Destiny or did it cause America harm? Explain your answer.

Ticket Out On the back of your foldable complete the following sentence stems:

1.  An economic reason that a farmer would like Manifest Destiny was

2.  A person who supported Manifest Destiny because he wanted to make money from the natural resources out West had an reason for supporting it.

3.  A social reason that a missionary would support Manifest Destiny was

4.  Our Presidents supported Manifest Destiny for the political reason that it

to get more land for farming

economic

to spread his religion to the Native Americans.

would keep Europe from having land here or would spread Democracy and the American way of life.