1. The John Adams Presidency should be viewed as a failure
Select ONE (1) of the following events of George Washington’s Presidency that you believe shaped his legacy the most. Determine why the selected event was more important than the other ones.
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Farewell Address
- Jay’s Treaty
Format
Paragraph 1 - Intro and Thesis
Paragraph 2 - Your selected event and why it had the biggest impact on Washington
Paragraph 3 - Analyze why your selected event is more important than one event
Paragraph 4- Analyze why your selected event is more important than the remaining event
The John Adams Presidency should be viewed as a failure
Assess the validity of the following statement using 3 (THREE) of the following events
Alien Act
Sedition Act
XYZ Affair
Foreign Relations with France
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

2. “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872 - Find symbols of expansion

3. John O’Sullivan’s “Manifest Destiny”
Term first coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in 1845.
".... the right of 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 and federaltive development of self-government entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the tree to the space of air and the earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and destiny of growth."

4. Critics of Manifest Destiny
Not Gods Will
War
Mistreatment
Enslavement/Subjugation
Immoral
Justify cruel treatment of people
Spread of Slavery
We had enough land

5. Zebulon Pike Great Plains & Rocky Mountains
Western Exploration
Major Stephen Long mapped the Great Plains
Zebulon Pike Great Plains & Rocky Mountains
Jedediah Smith was the 1st American to explore California
John C Fremont - California
Lewis & Clark

6. The Santa Fe Trail allowed the U.S. to sell goods to Texas
Western Trails
The Santa Fe Trail allowed the U.S. to sell goods to Texas
The Oregon Trail led to massive immigration of western farmers in 1840s & demands to end the joint U.S.-British occupation of Oregon
The California Trail allowed traders & ranchers to move to California in 1830s & 1840s

7. Overland Immigration to the West
Between 1840 and 1860, more than 250,000 people made the trek westward.

8. Territorial Expansions of the Manifest Destiny
MAINE
OREGON
TEXAS
CALIFORNIA

9. The Aroostook “War,” 1839 The only war ever declared by a state.
Bloodless war between Canada and Maine.
Expulsion of Canadian Lumberjacks.
50,000 men and $10,000,000 to pay for the “war.”
General Winfield Scott arranged a truce

10. Maine Boundary Settlement, 1842

11. Territorial Expansion by Mid-19th Century
Oregon
U.S. & Britain jointly occupied Oregon
Britain claimed a greater stake of Oregon via Hudson Bay Co. (fur trade)

12. Oregon Fur Trading “Mountain Men” Live off the land Dangerous lives
Learned from Native Americas
Sometimes Violence
Whitmans Killed by Native Americas

13. The Oregon Boundary Dispute
But, the USA & England compromised & divided Oregon along 49th parallel in 1846
Oregon residents demanded the entire territory: “54º40’ or fight!”
In 1846, President Polk notified Britain that the U.S. wanted full control of Oregon

14. The Oregon Trail – Albert Bierstadt, 1869

15. Many kinds of people travel on the trail
Many kinds of people travel on the trail. What are the pros and cons of each of these men?
A. Banker from Boston
B. Carpenter from Ohio
C. Farmer from Illinois
Which month will you leave on your trip? 1. March 2. April 3. May 4. June 5. July

16. How’d they get there? The Conestoga Wagon

17. Which of the following supplies would you buy, and how much?
1. Oxen
Food
Clothing
Ammunition
Spare Parts

18. The Oregon Trail

19. Trails Westward

20. Pioneers Face Difficulties on the Oregon Trail
The trip took months
Many walked
Many people died from FEVER, DIARRHEA, and CHOLERA, and were BURIED alongside the trail
Attacked by Native Americans
Loneliness and despair

21. Negative Consequences of Following Trails West
Disastrous to the local Native Americans:
Diseases brought forth by American settlers
Violence that broke out between Indians and settlers
Disastrous to many Americans, proving to be a perilous journey for both traders and settlers.
Settlers died from disease & famine
Animals lost due to lack of resources, attacks by wild animals, and Indian attacks, etc.

22. The Doomed Donner Party
A group of California-bound American emigrants caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, some of them resorted to cannibalism.
CANNIBALISM
Margaret Patrick John Breen Breen Breen
Of the 83 members of the Donner Party, only 45 survived to get to California!