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1 Expansionism rapid settlement & economic development of the West

2 EXPANSIONISM Advance to the Mississippi Manifest Destiny
Texas Independence and Annexation The War Against Mexico Westward Expansionism

3 Expanding Settlement, 1810-1850

4 EXPANSIONISM The Advance to the Mississippi Harrison Land Act of 1800
Federal Land sales New territories - Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois Alabama, Missouri 160 acres for .50 cents an acre 4 yrs to pay at 1.50 per acre Great Plantations appeared in Alabama and Mississippi Planters from Virginia, the Carolinas & Georgia moved inland

5 EXPANSIONISM The Advance to the Mississippi
Indian Removal East of the Mississippi The Trail of Tears John C. Calhoun, Monroe's Secretary of War established a resettlement policy of Indians beyond Missouri Rivers by 1830's completed William Henry Harrison destroyed Indian power in Northwest. Andrew Jackson crushed the Creeks & Cherokees of the Southeast

6 EXPANSIONISM Manifest Destiny
"Our manifest destiny (is) to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." John O' Sullivan "Democratic Review” 1845

7 EXPANSIONISM Texas Independence American Immigration to Texas
Independence Declared Battle of the Alamo Lone Star Republic 1836 Sam Houston (Portrait Gallery)

8 EXPANSIONISM Texas Annexation 1845 The Democrats and Expansion
Polk Elected U.S. agrees to annex Texas 1845 Texas /Mexico Border Dispute U.S. states Rio Grande River Mexico claims Nueces River Mexican order to prohibit U.S immigration to CA Bear Flag Revolt 1845 James K. Polk (Portrait Gallery)

9 EXPANSIONISM The War Against Mexico 1846-1848 War and Expansionism
Zachary Taylor advances from Nueces to Rio Grande 11 Americans killed by Mexicans on 3/8/46 U.S. declared war 1700 Americans died, 4000 Mexicans, most die from disease Zinn p.162 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo July 4, 1848 Texas, CA & New Mexico & 1 million sq. miles become a part of the United States U.S. paid $15 million

10 EXPANSIONISM The Mexican War,

11 EXPANSIONISM Westward Expansion 1820-1840’s Early Explorers Trappers
Lewis & Clark Zeb Pike Trappers Hudson Bay Co. American Fur Co. Rocky Mt. Fur Co. Mountain Men Jed Smith Josiah Walker Surveyors/Scouts John C. Fremont ’s Western Trails

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13 EXPANSIONISM Westward Expansion The Mormons 1830-1851
Early Settlers/ Conestoga Wagons 1840’s to Oregon & CA Applegates, Lassens, Bidwells, Bartlesons, Donner Party

14 EXPANSIONISM Westward Expansion Oregon Territory “Joint Occupation”
The Westward Migration The Oregon Trail  Growing American Settlements The Oregon Boundary, 1846

15 “54’ 40” or Fight!” Compromise over Oregon Britain relinquished all
territorial claims 1846 The Oregon Boundary, 1846

16 EXPANSIONISM Westward Expansion Gold Discovery in California 1848
In ,000 would be miners set out overland from Missouri to CA Another 25,000 made it by sea Few became rich, but the hundreds of thousands pushed CA towards statehood

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18 The Gold Rush

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20 The Mother Lode

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24 EXPANSIONISM Westward Expansion Gadsden Purchase
bought from Mexico for 10 mill Mail routes/Pony Express Transcontinental Railroad 1869

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