Manifest Destiny

The United States of America Expands Westward

Manifest DestinySWBATs

• Define Manifest Destiny• Apply the concept to American History by

– Mapping out the land acquisition by the USA from 1803 to 1853 and giving each segment a title

– Describing how the land was acquired providing one example of each• By Diplomacy - treaties• By Conquest – War/violence

Manifest Destiny• Study the following picture

1. List all the people in the imagea. Describe them. b. What are they doing?c. Where are they going?d. What emotions are they feeling?

2. Who/What is most prominent?3. What does the artist want us to believe?4. 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 Purchase1) Why?2) Obstacles?3) Details?4) Boundaries?5) Benefits?6) Additional?

1) Why? Full access to Mississippi River2) Obstacles? Owned by France3) Details? First just wanted New Orleans for $7 million, but France offered

much more for $15 million4) Boundaries? Mississippi to Rocky Mtns, triangle with bottom point at New

Orleans5) Benefits? Full access to River, No French presence6) Additional? Constitutional issues, $0.02 -3 per acre

15.3 Florida1) Why?2) Obstacles?3) Details?4) Boundaries?5) Benefits?6) Additional?

1) Why? Stop Seminole raiding, complete East Coast, lessen Spain influence2) Obstacles? Owned by Spain, Seminoles warlike3) 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 Alabama5) Benefits? Handle the Seminoles, No Spanish presence6) Additional? Spain was to keep Texas

15.4 Texas1) Why?2) Obstacles?3) Details?4) Boundaries?5) Benefits?6) Additional?

1) Why? Gain cotton growing land2) Obstacles? Owned by Mexico3) Details? First colonized by Americans, then rebellion to free Texas from

Mexico, The Alamo and then other battles4) Boundaries? Rio Grande River to south, 5) Benefits? Land gained for cotton and other uses, lessen Mexico influence6) Additional? Texas was independent for 9 years

15.5 Oregon Country1) 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, USA3) Details? Russia and Spain drop out, Shared then split with Great Britain4) Boundaries? 49th parallel, northern border with California5) Benefits? Access to Pacific and important rivers6) Additional? Peaceful acquisition diplomatically from Great Britain.

15.6 War with Mexico1) Why?2) Obstacles?3) Details?4) Boundaries?5) Benefits?6) Additional?

1) Why? Ambition, Manifest Destiny2) Obstacles? Owned by Mexico3) 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 Mexico5) Benefits? Straight Coast to Coast6) Additional? Some Americans considered war with Mexico like bullying our

neighbors.

Life in The West

Explorers• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

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

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

DONE! – pioneer spirit

Life in The WestCalifornios• Reasons• Hardships• Legacies

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

places, crops: grape, olives, citrus, and initial settling paves way for later settling by American pioneers

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