Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY
1820
Territorial Growth to 1853
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy
“American Progress” by John Gast, 1872
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America
The Oregon Trail – Albert Bierstadt, 1869
Overland Immigration to the West Between 1840 and 1860, more than 250,000 people made the trek westward.
“Manifest Destiny” First coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in "Our manifest destiny [is] to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty.” Used by politicians in 1840s to justify expanding America's territory
O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
Territorial Growth to 1853
Westward the Course of Empire Emmanuel Leutze, 1860
“Shooting for the Beef,” by George C. Bingham (1850)
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country
The Oregon Territory By the mid- 1840s, “Oregon Fever” was spurred on by the promise of free land.
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest
Territorial Growth to 1853
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver)
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area
Oregon Trail
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas
The Republic of Texas
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas
Stephen Austin ( )
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico
Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California
Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers
Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers 4) California
Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers 4) California a) Spanish had missions
Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers 4) California a) Spain had missions b) Mexico had ranchos
Trails Westward
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans a) Land, not democracy
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans a) Land, not democracy 3) Black slaves
Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans a) Land, not democracy 3) Black slaves a) Slavery in American South
Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America