1. Westward Expansion

2. Work the 4 corners and tell me what you see.
Compare the appearance of the sky from right to left.
What direction are most people going? Who are the exceptions?
OK…now we can talk about her…
So, what does all of this mean? How does this painting reflect “Manifest Destiny”?
Manifest Destiny: 19th century doctrine that westward expansion of the United States was not only inevitable but a God-given right.

3. Manifest Destiny & Money
Oregon Country
Drawn by fur trade
Oregon Trail: overland route from Missouri to Oregon

5. Mexico – encourages American immigration
Santa Fe Trail: trade route from Missouri to Santa Fe, NM
Drawn by cotton land

6. 3. Missouri Compromise = Fight over LA purchase land
North of Missouri = free
South of Missouri = slave
All other new land in the future = free
36*30’ line

7. Unorganized Territory
Closed off to slavery ME
Oregon Country
Unorganized Territory
New Spain (Mexico) MO
Arkansas Territory
Missouri Compromise Line 36*30’N

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

10. General Santa Anna = dictator of Mexico
Orders Americans be disarmed and deported
200 TX vs. 4,000 Mexicans fight at Alamo … Mexicans win
- those that surrender = shot!
Hi,
I’m General Santa Anna

11. 3. Other Texans = inspired
“Remember the Alamo” = remember the bravery and brutal
Attack / defeat Santa Anna … Texas = indep.

12. Mexican-American War

13. Causes
Manifest destiny: belief that the US was destined to rule all of N. Am.
Southern desire to add slave states
Mexico refuses to sell CA
Mexico offended when US annexes TX

14. 2. Effects
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) Inc. Sectional Tension – fight over new land
- Wilmot Proviso – failed bill to stop expansion of slavery in lands from Mex.

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