1. Manifest Destiny’s Impact on Residents of North America
Unit 5: Manifest Destiny

2. Blackhawk War (1832) Indian Removal Act Sauk and Fox Indians Results
At work again.
Sauk and Fox Indians
Attempt to return
Face violence out west
Results
Massacre of the Native Americans
Prominent People:
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln

3. Webster Ashburton Treaty (1842)
Treaty of Paris
Disputed interpretation
Americans arrested in ME
Daniel Webster
Secretary of State for JT
Webster Ashburton Treaty:
ME and MN
Oregon Jointly Occupied

4. James K. Polk: The Manifest Destiny President
Unit 5: Manifest Destiny

5. The Manifest Destiny President
Election of 1844:
James K. Polk vs. Henry Clay
Polk's Campaign Promises:
Reduce Tariff
Oregon Territory
“54 40 or Fight”
Annex CA and TX
Serve One Term

6. Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
Settlers were moving west.
Destroying Indian Territory
Sioux
Petition President
Treaty’s terms:
Restricted Lands
Cash Payments
Non violence against settlers
Pledge from both
Why is this important?
Foreshadowed Reservations
More than a century later, the Sioux nation won a victory in court. On June 30, 1980, in United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians,[2] the United States Supreme Court upheld an award of $15.5 million for the market value of the land in 1877, along with 103 years worth of interest at 5 percent, for an additional $105 million. The Lakota Sioux, however, refused to accept payment and instead demanded the return of their territory from the United States.

7. Oregon Boundary Agreement
What was Polk’s Promise
“54 40 or FIGHT”
Secret negotiations
US and British
Agreed on 49th Parallel
Not worth starting a war
What do you think contributed to the differences between how the two agreements were negotiated?