Objective: To examine Manifest Destiny and the start of the Mexican War. Do Now: Use the maps provided to write when, and in what way, the following areas became parts of the United States. New York Idaho Indiana Nevada Texas Nebraska Florida 1776, original 13 colonies 1846, Oregon Treaty 1783, terms of the Treaty of Paris 1848, Mexican Cession (Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo) 1845, Annexed by Congress - 1803, Louisiana Purchase (Purchased from France) - 1819, Florida Treaty (Ceded by Spain)

Manifest Destiny: Video (1:51) Manifest Destiny - belief that the U.S. had the right to all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Manifest Destiny: Video (1:51)

Election of 1844 President James K. Polk • Presidential candidate James Polk believed strongly in Manifest Destiny, and he favored annexing Oregon and Texas. • Polk’s Presidential slogans were: “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” and President James K. Polk “All of Oregon or None”

• After winning the election, the U. S • After winning the election, the U.S. and Great Britain compromised by dividing Oregon at latitude 49 degrees north.

Mexican War – The Beginning • The U.S. declared war on Mexico in 1846, shortly after annexing Texas. MULTIMEDIA

Gen. Zachary Taylor * First battle of the war. Gen. Santa Anna

Balance of Power Between Free and Slave States as of 1844 • Northerners opposed the war. They felt it was a Southern attempt to add more slave states to the Union. Balance of Power Between Free and Slave States as of 1844 Michigan Maine Illinois Indiana Ohio Vermont Rhode Island New York New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Arkansas Missouri Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee Kentucky Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Maryland Georgia Delaware Free States Slave States Original 13 States