1. NOTES: Expansion

2. Answer questions as we watch… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDn_p 5e-KBQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDn_p 5e-KBQ

4. 1. Oregon Country a)Adams-Onis Treaty: ended Spanish claims to Oregon (and FL) and U.S. and G.B. agreed to share it b)Settlers drawn by fur trade c)Oregon Trail: overland route from Missouri to Oregon > 2,000 miles, 5 months!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=RaWej5kLuQg *Manifest Destiny & $

5. JUST B/C ITS INTERESTING Many died on journey The Donner Party story – stuck in snowstorm and resorted to cannibalism to survive Mmmmm I taste like Chicken!!

6. Donner Bridge… Donner Lake…

8. Review Conflict over slavery Nat Turner’s Rebellion –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH3Xzz3Y3Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBH3Xzz3Y3E Abolitionism = ___________________ William Lloyd Garrison –Wrote The Liberator newspaper to tell of the evils of slavery –Created the American Anti-Slavery Society Frederick Douglass –Wrote The North Star newspaper The Grimke sisters –Grew up in the South on plantations and saw how slaves were treated. Spoke out using religion. (Ex. You can’t be a good Christian and own slaves)

9. Turn to pg. 246 Let’s read about the Missouri Compromise

10. 2. Missouri Compromise  Fight over LA purchase land about slavery  Missouri coming in will tip the power in Congress to one side a)North of Missouri = free b)South of Missouri = slave c)All other new land in the future = free

12. 3. Mexico – was a colony of the Spanish, but they won independence in 1821 American settlers want this land! Rich in resources, believed Mexico doesn’t deserve this land, they are weak!) Mexico encouraged American trade and migration to strengthen the region Something the Spanish did not want…

13. Santa Fe Trail: trade route from Missouri to Santa Fe, NM Drawn by cotton land, trade merchants from Missouri saw Mexico as a new market Mexicans buy American made goods, Americans buy horses, mules, fur, and silver.

14. * Background on Texas Independence 1. Mexico closes borders to Americans (b/c oppose slavery) a) Americans IGNORE … come illegally b) Americans outnumber Mexicans 10:1

16. 2.General Santa Anna = dictator of Mexico a)Orders Americans be disarmed and deported (no guns so you can’t fight us!) b)200 Texans vs. 4,000 Mexicans fight at Alamo for Texan independence c)Mexicans win - those that surrender = shot! Hi, I’m General Santa Anna

17. 3. Other Texans = inspired a)“Remember the Alamo”: remember the bravery and sacrifice b)They use this pride and bravery to attack and defeat Mexican General Santa Anna….…

18. Texas is INDEPENDENT COUNTRY!!!!

19. …not for long: the U.S. annexes (adds) Texas to U.S. as a slave state

20. This makes Mexico mad…

21. * Mexican War (US vs. Mex.)

22. 1.Causes a)Manifest destiny: belief that the US was destined to rule all of North America (Mexicoooo…). b)Southern desire to add slave states c)Mexico refuses to sell CA (nope, we need that) d)Mexico offended when US annexes TX (Mexicans refuse to acknowledge they lost Big Texas  )

23. Effects 2. Effects a)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Rio Grande = southern border of US - Mexico cedes (gives up) CA & NM b) Gadsden Purchase …final land deal to seal continental US c) Increases Sectional Tension – fight over slavery in new land. OMG its complete!!!

25. Now what to do with the land we got from Mexico?

26. Wilmot Proviso a)Bill that would have made slavery illegal in territory won during the Mexican War b)BUT, never approved… still don’t know what to do with territories

27. Compromise of 1850 a)California = free b)Territories of NM & UT would decide for themselves (vote) whether slavery would be legal (popular sovereignty) c)Fugitive Slave Act = ordered all citizens to assist in the return of run away slaves. WE GET TO CHOOSE!!!

28. Objective Sheet Review 10. From which county did the US obtain Florida? 11. How did the US obtain the Texas territory? 12. How did the US obtain the territory that includes California? 13. What is Manifest Destiny?

29. 27. How did western expansion contribute to the issue of slavery? What issue had to be addressed each time a territory or state was added?

30. 30. What are the provisions (parts) of the Missouri Compromise? How did this temporarily settle the issue of slavery in the western states and territories? 33. What territory did the US gain after winning the war with Mexico? How did this new territory cause more problems between the North & South? 34. What is the Wilmot Proviso? Was it successful?

31. 35. What happened in California in 1849? 36. What issue was the Compromise of 1850 trying to resolve (fix)? 37. What is the Fugitive Slave Act? How did this cause more tension between the North & the South?

32. 27. How did western expansion contribute to the issue of slavery? What issue had to be addressed each time a territory or state was added? 28. Who was Nat Turner? And what happened after his rebellion? 29. what role did the following people play in the abolitionist movement: Garrison, Douglass, the Grimke Sisters?