Write the names of the territories next to its number Warm Up- March 17, 2014 Page 58 1 3 2 5 4 Number 1-5 Write the names of the territories next to its number

Please make a new unit page on the next right hand page in your spiral. The title is: WESTWARD EXPANSION Groups of people seek out new opportunities that will help them expand and improve.

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Trends in America: 1800-1860 Greater democracy & the return of the two-party system Emergence of a national market economy Increase in federal power New intellectual & religious movements Social reforms Further westward expansion Temperance, Abolition, Women’s Rights, Education & Asylum Reform Transcendentalism Second Great Awakening Universal white manhood suffrage Democrats vs. Whigs American System: transportation, tariff, 2nd BUS Rise in industry, urbanization, immigration Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana Jackson’s use of the veto “King Cotton,” commercial farming, slave vs. paid labor systems

Western Exploration 1800-1830 John C Fremont 1843-1844 mapped the overland trails to Oregon & California Jedediah Smith 1822-1830 was the 1st American to explore California Major Stephen Long 1819-1820 mapped the Great Plains & tried to scare off British fur trappers Zebulon Pike 1806-1807 explored the Great Plains & Rocky Mountains Lewis & Clark 1804-1806 were part of 1st U.S. sponsored western exploratory mission

Overland Immigration to the West Between 1840 & 1860, more than 250,000 people made the trek westward

Manifest Destiny A conviction(idea) shared by many Americans that it was the divine fate of the United States to extend its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

Louisiana Purchase (1803) Florida (1819) Purchased from France Doubled the size of the U.S. Florida (1819) Purchased for $5 million from Spain

Annexation of Texas (1845) annexation_-to add on a territory onto your country Texas won independence from Mexico James K Polk (President 1844) U.S. reluctant to add a slave state, but did in 1845

The Oregon Boundary Dispute But, the USA & England compromised & divided Oregon along 49th parallel in 1846 Oregon residents demanded the entire territory: “54º40’ or fight!” In 1846, President Polk notified Britain that the U.S. wanted full control of Oregon

Territorial Expansion by Mid-19th Century Benefits of Oregon: the U.S. gained its 1st deep-water port in the Pacific & Northern abolitionists saw Oregon as a balance to slave-state Texas

Oregon Country Lure =geography (fertile soil, mild temps, rainfall) Claimed by both Britain and America Compromised on the 49th parallel with a treaty-1846

U.S. Mexican War (1845-1848) Mexico was upset and disputed the southern border of Texas Nueces River or Rio Grande?? The U.S. tried to buy Mexican Cession, but failed President Polk orders troops into the contested area (picking a fight)-1846

The Mexican-American War John C Fremont won in California The Mexican-American War The disputed area of Texas Zachary Taylor won in northern Mexico Stephen Kearney captured New Mexico Kearney captured New Mexico & Frémont took California Scott occupied Mexico City Winfield Scott captured Mexico City

The Rio Grande became the recognized U.S. southern border Ending the Mexican War The U.S. grew 20% by buying the Mexican Cession for $15 million (present-day NM, AZ, CA, Utah, NV, & parts of CO & WY In 1848, U.S. & Mexico ended the war with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: The Rio Grande became the recognized U.S. southern border

Gadsden Purchase (1853) purchased from Mexico for $10 Million bought for a Railroad that linked the South and the Pacific Coast

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