2. Manifest Destiny
Chapter 17.1

3. What is “Manifest Destiny”?
First coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in 1845.
"(It is) ..our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty"
John L. O’Sullivan
Democratic Review
New York Morning News
Discussed the on going boundary dispute between America and Great Britain.
Because Great Britain would not use Oregon to spread the ideals of democracy their claims could be overruled

4. Roots of Manifest Destiny?
Columbus
Pilgrims and Puritans
British
Any act of colonization
Pushing Natives off their land
Ohio River Valley
Louisiana
Texas/Oregon

5. Westward Ho

6. The Homestead Act, 1841 160 acres Plains land Cheap! Expanded in 1862
Build and live for 5 years

7. Homestead States

8. Gold!

9. Advertising

10. “American Progress”
What objects and people do you see in this painting?
How does the artist use the objects and people in the picture to portray “Manifest Destiny?”
What does the variation of light to dark mean to your group?

11. The End
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