CHAPTER 9 Expanding Markets and Moving West Section 2-Manifest Destiny

Many Americans believed that the U.S. should extend its power all the way to the Pacific coast, in order to spread ideas of democracy and civilization.

Manifest Destiny An Allegorical Painting by John Gast 1872

Americans moved west for a number of reasons:

Two of the most important trails to the West were the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail.

Santa Fe Trail: 780 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico Oregon Trail: From Independence, Missouri to Portland, Oregon *By 1844, 5,000 Americans arrived in Oregon and farmed

Settlers and Native Americans As settlers were moving west, they moved to lands Native Americans inhabited

Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 Signed between US representatives and Native American tribes including the Sioux, Crow and Cheyenne tribes to address disturbances between settlers and Native Americans Intentions:Provisions:

Results of the Fort Laramie Treaty

Mormon Migration 1830: Mormons established the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Fayette, NY

Resolving Territorial Disputes- Establishing the Northern Boundary Oregon Territory (included present day Oregon, Washington and British Columbia) was still jointly owned by the U.S. and Great Britain