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CHAPTER 13WESTWARD EXPANSION
What did Americans believe was their Manifest Destiny, and how did they
achieve that goal during the 1840s and 1850s?
Manifest Destiny: the belief that God intended for the United States to occupy all the land between the Atlantic and the
Pacific
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• Reasons for Going West• The Nation’s Mood
• optimism• following others• encouraged by the nation’s leaders
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• The Lure of the Land• The Desire for Wealth
• gold and minerals• land• business ventures
• Trappers and traders were usually the first men to arrive in a new western area.
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• The Search for Adventure and a New Start
• Religious Reasons• spreading the gospel• refuge from persecution
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• Early Trails Through the West• mountain men• Jedediah Smith: discovered South
Pass
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• The Santa Fe Trail• first American route west of the Missouri
River• important trade route• declined in importance due to the railroad
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• Growth of Towns• governments• churches• peddlers and stores
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Towns developed along transportation routes or near power sources.
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• The Indian Presence• conflicts between settlers and Indians
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The Spanish had set up Catholic missions to cement its claims to Texas and the
Southwest.
The region later came under Mexican control.
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• Americans Settle in Texas• Moses Austin brought 300 families to
Texas.• American colonists did not blend into
the Spanish population.
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• Stephen Austin• Antonio López de Santa Anna
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• Texas Battles for Independence• Texans took control of Goliad and San
Antonio• Jim Bowie• Sam Houston
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• “Remember the Alamo!”• Bowie decided against abandoning
the Alamo• Santa Anna demanded unconditional
surrender• All the Texas soldiers were killed.
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• Goliad and San Jacinto• Goliad: over 300 unarmed Texas
prisoners were massacred• San Jacinto: Sam Houston and the
Texans killed or captured most of the Mexican army in just twenty minutes• secured Texan independence
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• The Lone Star Republic• Texans met and formed a constitution
and government• first president: Sam Houston
• applied for admission to the U.S. • United States refused, fearing war with
Mexico
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The annexation of Texas became a central issue in the election of 1844.
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• Texas Gains Statehood• Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren
opposed annexation• James K. Polk won the Democratic
nomination and the 1844 election after supporting “All of Oregon, All of Texas”
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Review/Summary• Santa Anna- Mexican president opposed to Texan
independence• Rallying cry of Houston’s forces during the battle of San
Jacinto- “Remember the Alamo!”• Battle of San Jacinto- battle in which Santa Anna was
captured• After Texas won independence from Mexico and before
it became a state, it was an independent country, the “Lone Star Republic.”
Review/Summary• The North was afraid that Texas would be
carved into several slave states.• James K. Polk- “All of Oregon, All of Texas,”
won the election of 1844, fought for Manifest Destiny
• ****How did Texas evolve from a Spanish territory to become a part of the United States?
• Opening Oregon• claimed and jointly occupied by both
Great Britain and the U.S.
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• Before 1846 both Great Britain and the United States claimed Oregon.
• fur trade• Hudson Bay Company (British)• American Fur Company (J. Astor)• Rocky Mountain Fur Company
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• Oregon Trail• important route for settlers and missionaries going
west• Rediscovered by Jedediah Smith
• Methodist missionaries were the first Americans to seek permanent homes in Oregon
• Marcus and Narcissa Whitman- missionaries in the west
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• British interests• moved headquarters to Vancouver Island• boundary settlement: 49th parallel, “not
54° 40’ or fight”
Since Mormon teachings and practices were deeply offensive to most Americans, Mormons were compelled to move west
and build their own settlements.
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• Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon• beginnings• polygamy• murder of Smith
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• The Mormon Trek and Salt Lake City• Brigham Young
• skillful planner• arrived at Great Salt Lake in 1847
• not democratic• “Deseret”• The Mormons settled much of the Great
Basin area of the West.
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• Mining California• The earliest settlements were Spanish
missions.• California later came under Mexican
control.
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• The California Trail• taken by thousands of settlers
• The Discovery of Gold• Sutter’s Fort and sawmill
• James W. Marshall- mechanic for sawmill
• California Gold Rush
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• The Forty-Niners• over 80,000 men• almost half came by sea• crime and violence
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The major disagreement between the United States and Mexico was the
southern boundary of Texas.
Mexico- Nueces River
America- Rio Grande River
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• Fighting for the Southwest• Mexico broke relations with the U.S.• General Zachary Taylor landed at
Corpus Christi and moved to the north bank of the Rio Grande River.
• Resaca de la Palma
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• A Declaration of War• approved by Congress• unpopular in New England and
among intellectuals• many volunteers• press corps
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• The Santa Fe and California Campaigns• Stephen Kearney took Santa Fe
without firing a shot.• He then marched to California.
• The Bear Flag Revolution• Led by John Charles Fremont• Led to California falling to the Americans
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• Old Rough and Ready- Zachary Taylor• Battle of Monterrey• Buena Vista• Hero of the Mexican War that later
became President
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• The Battles of Veracruz and Mexico City• General Winfield Scott was placed in
charge of the campaign.• “Old Fuss and Feathers”
• Scott eventually marched to Mexico City and captured it.
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• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo• ended the fighting of the Mexican War• established Rio Grande as the
southern boundary of Texas• ceded the Mexican Cession• U.S. paid $20 million, cancelled debts
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• Results of the Mexican War• made Manifest Destiny a reality• reopened controversies over slavery• training ground for the Civil War• new territory
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• The Gadsden Purchase• $10 million• potential southern railroad route• Completed the territory of the lower
48 United States
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Wilmot Proviso: proposed that the United States ban slavery in any territory taken
from Mexico
Never passed
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• The Compromise of 1850• Northern advantages
• California admitted as a free state• slave trade outlawed in District of
Columbia
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• Southern advantages• New Mexico and Utah Territories granted
popular sovereignty regarding slavery• Popular sovereignty- Territories decide
for themselves if they want slavery. • Fugitive Slave Law
• Texas received money for giving up some of its land
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• Taylor opposed the compromise and vetoed it.• Taylor died shortly thereafter.
• Millard Fillmore supported the compromise and eventually approved it.• Vice president that became President• political suicide to the Whig Party
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• Doughfaces• New, younger leaders on both sides
of the slavery issue were less likely to compromise.
• Doughfaces: Northern Democrats willing to compromise on the issues of the 1850s
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Winfield Scott, a Whig, lost the 1852 presidential election to Franklin Pierce, a
Doughface Democrat.
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