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Expansion and Reaction, 1846 - 1854 POWERPOINT 12 Expansion and Reaction, 1846 - 1854

War with Mexico Polk provoked war to acquire territory Zachary Taylor John Fremont Stephen Kearney Winfield Scott Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo added 600 million acres territory to the United States Wilmot Proviso In 1848, Zachary Taylor’s popularity won him the presidency “popular sovereignty” Free-soil party

©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. War with Mexico, 1846-1847

©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Election of 1848

Americans on the Move Steamships, railroads, and clippers contributed to movement of Americans throughout continent Gold discovered in California in 1849 John Sumner Over 100.000 “’49ers” immigrated to California Brigham Young leads Mormons to Utah Deseret and polygamy Irish potato famine brought 1.8 million Irish to America Revolution in Germany brought one million Germans to the United States

The Gold Rush California

The Quest for Perfection Utopian communities such as Oneida Association become American experiments Woman's Suffrage movement begin in the 1840s Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott Sojourner Truth Seneca Falls Convention (1847) Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

Popular Culture and High Culture Mass printing appeals to wide audience as Americans demand diverse entertainment A few great American writers emerge from this period Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville Walt Whitman

Slavery and a New Crisis in Politics Compromise of 1850 Statehood for California in 1850 precipitates a crisis Stephen Douglas Fugitive Slave Act In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin built support for abolition Sold over 6.5 million copies

©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Compromise of 1850

Politics in Chaos Know-Nothing party emerged as anti-immigration party Order of the Star Spangled Banner Commerce and transportation enhanced United States expansion fever U.S. expanded into Hawaii, Baja, and Cuba Kansas-Nebraska Act Anthony Burns Ignited controversy over slavery and states’ rights led to formation of new Republican party

Kansas-Nebraska and Slavery ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning™ is a trademark used herein under license. Kansas-Nebraska and Slavery Web

Discussion Questions Examine the presidency of James K. Polk. Was he a successful or unsuccessful president? Describe the events that led to the Mexican War? Was this war justifiable? Was it beneficial? How did the expansion of slavery into the territories further divide the nation? What was the Compromise of 1850? Did it delay or accelerate the nation to war?