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Welcome Back!
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2. Chapter 9 Notes Westward Migration & The Mexican American War

3. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?

4. Expansionists
a person who favored territorial growth

5. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Manifest Destiny - belief that God
wanted the U.S. to own all of North America

6. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Independence of Mexico (1821) –
had a weak government and economy after breaking with Spain; expansionists wanted New Mexico, Texas, & California

7. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
God – some moved to found Indian missions (an establishment to carry on religious work); Marcus & Narcissa Whitman - Oregon Country

8. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Resources – horses, furs, silver, mules, gold

9. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Adventure

10. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) –
bound the Indians to the territories away from major westward trails; mostly ignored

11. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Isolation – Brigham Young led the Mormons
west to Utah in 1847 to escape the hostilities the group had faced in Illinois

12. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
Overland Trails – established by merchants and Mountain Men, these were used by pioneers to travel West; example: Oregon Trail – began in Missouri, crossed Rockies and ended at Pacific

13. EQ: What were the causes of westward migration?
New Farms – many chose to travel West to
gain bigger and better farms in Oregon or California than they had owned

15. Propaganda
One 8½ X 11 White non-lined sheet of paper (you must use the full sheet)
Hand drawn (stick figures and “Photoshopped” pictures are not acceptable)
Colored (by color pencils only – no markers, pens, crayons, water colors, etc)
The BACK of the cartoon should have:
Title of Cartoon
Name
Date
Class period
It does not have to be one “big” drawing. It can be a comic strip format with multiple panels if you would like

16. Tuesday September 29, 2015
Please pick up the timeline off the front desk.
Pick up a textbook and turn to page 304. Answer questions #4-6

17. Texas & the Mexican-American War

19. Friday October 3, 2014
Using “Texas Wins Independence” pgs. 304 answer questions #4-6.

20. Events Leading to the Mexican-American War Timeline
Read “Texas Wins Independence” pgs
Complete the following parts of your timeline:
1821 – Stephen Austin begins leading settlers into Texas (Describe the tensions)
1834 – Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna seizes power in Mexico (What were his actions? How did Americans respond?)
1836 (Mar.) – The Alamo (What happened? How did Americans react?)
1836 (Apr.) – Sam Houston & Battle of San Jacinto (What happened? Who won? What was Santa Anna forced to do?)

21. Lone Star Republic Texas declared independence from Mexico 1836-1846
1st President: Sam Houston

22. Events Leading to the Mexican-American War Timeline
Read “Americans Debate Expansion” pgs
Complete the following parts of your timeline:
1836(-1845) – Debate rages in Congress
1844 – Presidential Election
Read “The Mexican-American War” (stop at “U.S. Forces Sweep to Victory”) page 308
1845 (Dec.) – Congress votes to annex Texas
1846 (May) – President Polk provokes the war?

23. The Mexican-American War (The Highlights)
United States won every major battle
Navy, led by explorer John C. Fremont seized control of California
Winfield Scott captured Mexico City
American victory after only 1½ years

24. Monday October 6, 2014
Using the orange book on your desk, turn to page
Read and answer the questions at the bottom of page 72.
On page 73- complete at least 3 boxes on your paper on the “steps” that led to the Mexican-American War.

25. Why the U.S. won the Mexican-American War
U.S. Advantages:
larger nation
wealthier
more populous
industry – arms & ammunition
larger & better navy and army
Skilled officers
Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman

26. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Feb. 1848
Terms:
Americans – leave Mexico City & pay $15 million
Mexico – gave up New Mexico & California
Rio Grade was set at the southern boundary of Texas

27. Gadsden Purchase
1853
U.S. bought land from Mexico in southern Arizona & New Mexico

28. Wilmot Proviso proposed in 1846 by David Wilmot
law that would ban slavery in any lands won from Mexico
broke party unity & split Congress based on sectional lines
supported by northern Democrats & Whigs
opposed by southern Democrats & Whigs
Proviso repeatedly failed in Congress

29. California Gold Rush 1848 gold found east of Sacramento, CA
80,000 people (known as forty-niners) moved to CA by land trails or by ship
California applied for statehood in 1849 as a free state - threatened to break the free (15) / slave (15) state balance

30. Events Leading Toward Civil War
The Impending Crisis
Events Leading Toward Civil War

31. North & South Read “Slavery Divides the Nation” (page 324-325)
As you read, create a chart in your notes describing the differences between the North and South (include economic differences & views on slavery).
What critical question did Americans face as the nation expanded?
North
South

32. Aftermath of Mexican War
Opinions of war’s aftermath –
Wilmot Proviso (Aug 1846) – Northern view - annex Texas as slave state but no extension of slavery into any territory that may be gained from Mexico
Southern View (Calhoun): slaves property; property rights protected by 5th Amendment; Southerners could move anywhere & take slaves

33. Other Positions on Slavery’s Future
James K. Polk: extend Missouri Compromise line
“popular sovereignty” – let people in territory decide status of slavery (compromise)

34. Election of 1848
Zachary Taylor (Whig) – popular sovereignty (but a southern & a slave owner)
Lewis Cass (Democrat) – popular sovereignty
Martin Van Buren (Free Soil) - N. Democrats, anti-slavery Whigs) endorsed Wilmot Proviso – opposed extension of slavery
“free soil, free speech, free labor, & free men”

35. Impact of Free Soil Party
Won 10 % of the vote & split Democrat & Whig vote in some areas
So…..Taylor won election (war hero)
Significance: slavery became a political issue in a national election

36. Check Point 1. Why did Southerners oppose the Wilmot Proviso?
2. What was the platform of the Free Soil Party regarding the extension of slavery?
3. How did the presence of the Free Soil Party impact the Presidential election results in 1848?

37. Gold Rush (1848) Greatest mass migration in Amer. History
California applied for Statehood in 1849 – wanted admission as a free state
Taylor’s opinion: protect slavery where exists, but make CA & NM free states

38. Compromise of 1850 CA petition touched off great debate in Senate
Key players: Clay, Calhoun, Webster
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
Daniel Webster

39. Compromise of 1850 1. California admitted as free state
2. Popular Sovereignty in NM and Utah
3. Texas given $ 10 million for loss of property to NM
4. Slave trade in D.C. ended (slavery remains)
5. Congress would pass a tougher fugitive slave law

40. Think About It: N & S Reactions
Look at the list of 5 items that made up the Compromise of 1850
Write N next to items that would have pleased the North
Write S next to items that would have pleased the South

41. Check Point
1. What developments led to the necessity of compromise in 1850?
2. Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
3. Which parts of the Compromise pleased the South? Which parts pleased the North?

42. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Story: Uncle Tom (main character) is sold to cruel owner Simon Legree
300,000 copies sold in first year
Significance: first time many thought of slaves as people

43. Reactions to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- In North:
spread compassion for enslaved people
convinced Northerners slavery would ruin nation; won many over to anti-slavery cause
- In South
enraged Southerners
wrote numerous novels in reply w/ their own versions of slavery; felt threatened & became defensive

44. Check Point 1. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
2. Who is the evil slave owner in the book?
3. How did Southerners react to the book?