1. Manifest Destiny

2. Manifest Destiny
-theory that the US should expand across the continent
- To go West & South was destined and ordained by God (Obvious)
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. War of 1812
3. Lure of the West
*great attraction– a lot of people
A. Abundance of land
B. Fresh start from the panic of 1837
C. Easier to get W, due to better transportation

3. Manifest Destiny
-theory that the US should expand across the continent
Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
Lure of the West

4. Manifest Destiny
-theory that the US should expand across the continent
Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
Lure of the West

5. Mormons -religious group founded by Joseph Smith , 1827
-Church of the Latter Day Saints
-Smith was killed by a mob denouncing his views of Polygamy- multiple wives
-Brigham Young led the group west to Utah, 1847– By the Oregon Trail
-formed a thriving community
Salt Lake City

6. Texas -immigrants from U.S. move into Mexican Texas
*Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1810
Stephen F. Austin leads the settlers, Paid by Mexico to keep NA out
-Mexico tries to regain control of Texas
-Mexico feared a plot by the U.S. to acquire Texas
- Mexico closes the border, NOT enough troops at the border= Americans keep pouring in.
- G.T.T

7. Texas -Battle of the Alamo, 1836 Texans defeated
-Angry Mexican President did not want the US to acquire TX
- Marched himself & 4,000 men to an old abandoned fort called the Alamo where Texans are armed inside
-Texans eventually defeat Mexican Army and declare independence “Remember the Alamo!”
-1836, Lone Star Republic
Sam Houston serves as President of Texas
Texas

8. Western Lands -Indian conflicts Indian Removal Laramie Treaty, 1851
- land, peace & hunting grounds for NA
Broken Treaties- as settlers moved West

9. Western Lands -Oregon Territory Oregon Trail Independence MI to
Portland OR, 1836
Donner Party – get stuck in the Rocky Mtns – eat eachother
-“54-40 or Fight”
-49th Parallel Compromise
-James K. Polk
-election of 1844

11. Where Polk “wanted” the border
Compromise at 49th parallel
Where GB wanted the border

12. Mexican War -Texas finally annexed in 1845
-promise of newly elected Polk, along with other states- NM, CALI
-border dispute arises with Mexico
Mexico: Texas boarder = Nueces River
Texas: Boarder at Rio Grande
- President James K. Polk sends troops
-war breaks out after border skirmish
General Zachary Taylor
General Winfield Scott
‘Old Rough and Ready”

13. Mexican War -Mexico defeated
-Mexican cession of lands in the west 1848
- opens a “can of worms” – free states or slave states??
California, Nevada, NM, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming
- US enlarged by 1/3
-Mexico lost 25,000 in the war
- US Lost 13,000
11,000 to disease

14. -Mexican cession of lands in the west 1848
Mexican War
-Mexico defeated
-Mexican cession of lands in the west 1848
California, Nevada, NM, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming
General Taylor (eventually becomes president)

15. Spoils of War -Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -Boarder at RIO GRANDE
-15million for NM, Cali (present day= NV and most of Arizona)
-Mexican cession
-Gadsden Purchase
-President Franklin Pierce Est. boarder of the lower 48
-Zach Taylor elected President
U.S. History funnies with Jimmy Fallon

16. Spoils of War -California Gold Rush
Gold found in 1848 at Sutter’s Mill
1849 Gold Rush
Forty-niners
1850 Cali is a State!