1. Manifest Destiny
AP US History

2. Election of 1844 James K Polk (D) v. Henry Clay (W) Issue:
Expansion: Texas, Oregon, California
Polk wins! Sorry Clay…

3. James K. Polk, Inaugural Address, March 1845
Manifest Destiny
James K. Polk, Inaugural Address, March 1845
"...It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits, and that as it shall be extended  the bonds of our Union, so far from being weakened, will become stronger..."

4. Manifest Destiny
James L. O’Sullivan, 1848
“And that claim is by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.”

5. Manifest Destiny

6. American Progress – John Gast

7. American Progress – Emanuel Leutze

8. Practice Writing
Discuss the context for the following prompt (Era, Theme, Specific): 1) Evaluate the extent to which westward expansion fostered controversy over slavery in the period

9. Manifest Destiny Books
You are writing a children’s book about Manifest Destiny. You should explain how the US was involved in each area summarizing:
Who, What, Where, Why, & Outcomes
Use specifics
Each page will have words (in full sentences) and a visual.
1 - Title Page 5 – Causes of Mex Am War
2 – Louisiana 6 – Results of the Mex Am War
3 – Texas 7 – Asian Trade
4 – Oregon 8 – Gadsden Purchase

10. Louisiana Purchase – 1803
Why Desired: New Orleans, land for farmers, control of the Mississippi River
How Acquired: purchased for $15 million from France
Outcomes: Jefferson changes his interpretation, Lewis and Clark explore, US grows significantly

11. Texas (CC #17 1:34-4:02) Texas was part of Mexico
American Settlement (1820s/1830s)
Mexican “infringement” on American “rights”
Revolution ( )
Independence ( )
Annexation Requests/Rejections - Slavery
Annexation (1845)
Polk’s Election 1844/Added under Tyler
Border Disputes

12. Oregon 1818-1846 1846 Agreement – Oregon Treaty
Joint Occupation w/ England -1818
Oregon Fever
Polk in 1844 – add Oregon
Debate over the boundary
49th Parallel or 54 40
1846 Agreement – Oregon Treaty

13. Causes of Mex-Am War 1845-46 Polk’s Goal - 1845
Pacific Access – Desire for California
Attempts to Purchase ($30 million)
Mexico refuses to meet
Texas Rivers Dispute
Instigation of war?
Whig resistance
Spot Resolutions – Abe Lincoln
War Declaration

14. Mexican American War 1846-1848 (CC #17 4:02-8:08)
War Victory
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
All or some of Mexico?
$15 M land/$3.25 M land claims
Treaty Debate – Senate (38-14)
Wilmot Proviso
Passes House of Reps, defeated in Senate
Slavery controversy
California

15. Treaty of Wanghia (1845): opens up formal trade relations with China
Trade with Asia
Treaty of Wanghia (1845): opens up formal trade relations with China
Treaty of Kanagawa (1854): opens up formal relations with Japan (Commodore Perry)

16. Gadsden Purchase

17. Manifest Destiny Review - Argumentation
Finish the following statements with the person sitting next to you. Manifest Destiny was a betrayal of America’s basic ideals because… Manifest Destiny was a great achievement for America because…

18. Manifest Destiny Causes Results Most Important Cause?
Most Important Result?

19. Texas Revolution

20. River Disputes (Nueces v. Rio Grande)

21. Joint Occupation of Oregon

22. Oregon Trail

23. Oregon Treaty

24. California

25. Spot Resolutions

26. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

27. Wilmot Proviso

28. California
Discovery of gold in the late 1840s led to many people moving to California to strike it rich – strong feelings of white superiority were evident in California society
Hispanics:
Given citizenship in Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
White Americans systematically reduced the land holdings of the Californios through legal and economic pressure and illegal squatting
Native Americans:
White Americans took land, repudiated land treaties, enslaved or killed Natives
Asian Americans:
Large numbers of Chinese arrived to work in mining
Americans were nativist and discriminatory, pushed for banning Asian immigration
White Settlers:
Very difficult life in the mining towns, most stay out west

29. Horace Greeley, May 12, 1846
From the New York Tribune: “We can easily defeat the armies of Mexico, slaughter them by thousands, and pursue them perhaps to their capital; we can conquer and "annex" their territory; but what then? Have the histories of the ruin of Greek and Roman liberty consequent on such extensions of empire by the sword no lesson for us? Who believes that a score of victories over Mexico, the "annexation" of half her provinces, will give us more Liberty, a purer Morality, a more prosperous Industry, than we now have? ... Is not Life miserable enough, comes not Death soon enough, without resort to the hideous enginery of War?”