Manifest Destiny

The Beginnings… Manifest Destiny Louisiana Purchase Problems Lewis and Clark Problems The Change

Florida

Texas War for Independence Steps leading to war: Mexico won their independence from Spain in 1821 Wanted trade with the U.S. and encourage U.S. immigration to Texas (a part of Mexico) Stephen Austin leads a group of Americans to TX Main job of Americans = farming cotton By 1835, over 30,000 Americans in TX More Americans = harder for the Mexican government to control them

Texas War for Independence Outbreak of War After Mexico threatens to abolish slavery, Americans in TX declare independence Mexican government strips Americans of their rights and mobilizes an army Mexican troops led by General Santa Anna attack the Alamo Americans try to stall; know they will lose, but fight their hardest

Texas

Texas War for Independence While Americans are buying time fighting at the Alamo, Sam Houston is able to organize a Texan army He leads the Americans to victory in numerous locations Battle of San Jacinto: with American victory here, Santa Anna is captured and forced to grant TX their independence from Mexico

Aftermath of the War Texas wants to become a state in the U.S. after the war Congress says “no” because Worried Mexico did not really consider the war over Did not want to go to war with Mexico Northern states did not want to add another slave state Texas remains an independent country for over 10 years- known as the “Republic of Texas” and the “Lone Star Republic”

James K. Polk

Oregon What the U.S. and Britain agreed on What the U.S. wanted What Britain wanted

Mexican War Began as an argument over the annexation of Texas and the border between Texas and Mexico Many Americans (especially those in the South and West) are in favor of the war in order to gain more land At the end of the war, we gain: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, etc.

Area Year Acquired Country Acquired From Details Louisiana Purchase (Modern-day: MN, OK, NE, KS, MT, ID, MO) Florida Texas Oregon Mexican Cession (Modern-day: CA, NV, UT, NM, AZ, CO) Gadsden Purchase

The Reform Movement

Education What was the reform? Key People:

Prisons/Mentally Ill What was the reform? Key People:

2nd Great Awakening What was it? Key People:

Transcendentalism What was it? Key People:

Women’s Suffrage What was it? Key People:

Mormons What was it? Key People:

Utopian Communities What was it? Key People:

Art and Literature What was it? Key People:

Abolition What was it? Key People:

President Term and Party Big Events James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson John Tyler James K. Polk

Nationalism vs. Sectionalism