1. 9.2
Manifest Destiny
Americans move west, energized by their belief that the destiny of the United States was to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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2. I. The Frontier Draws Settlers2
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I. The Frontier Draws Settlers
A. American Mission
• Americans move to La. Territory
• Manifest destiny —belief that U.S. destined to expand to Pacific Ocean
B. Attitudes Toward the Frontier
Many settlers try fresh start in West after panic of 1837
Offered land for farming
speculators buy land in hopes to resell for profit
Merchants follow farmers, miners
Oregon Territory harbors expand trade with Asia; serve Pacific fleet
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3. II. Settlers and Native Americans2
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II. Settlers and Native Americans
A. Effects on Native American Communities
Most N. Ams maintain culture, fight to keep whites out
Some assimilate into white culture
Assimilation- a minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture
B. Middle Ground
Area not dominated by N. Ams or settlers
west of Mississippi, result of Indian Removal Act
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4. III. Trails West A. The Santa Fe Trail/ Oregon Trail 2
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III. Trails West
A. The Santa Fe Trail/ Oregon Trail
• Thousands trek west on old Native American trails, new routes
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5. C. Resolving Territorial Disputes2
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B. The Mormon Migration
• Joseph Smith forms Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in NY
• Mormons —religious group, settles in Illinois; clashes over polygamy
• Brigham Young, Smith’s successor, leads Mormons outside U.S.
- settle near Great Salt Lake, Utah
C. Resolving Territorial Disputes
• 1842, Webster-Ashburton Treaty settles border in East, Midwest between US and G.B.
• “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!” slogan calls for annexation of Oregon
• 1846, U.S., Britain extend boundary west along 49th parallel
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