1. Roots of Manifest Destiny

2. Take a page in your spiral & create this chart using the entire page.
John O’Sullivan
Political
Economic
Social

3. Warm-Up for 1/29 Northwest Ordinance Orderly procedure for:
What does it say about establishing territories?
Warm-Up for 1/29
Instructions:1. Copy the Northwest Ordinance graphic.
2. Answer the graphic with the handout.
Northwest Ordinance
What does it say about applying for statehood?
What are the requirements for statehood?

4. John O’Sullivan
founder and editor of United States Magazine & Democratic Review
Suggest add Texas to the U.S.A.
Recommend look further to California as a site for future expansion
Manifest Destiny: captures the belief of the U.S. government and its citizens that it was the nation’s destiny, or fate, to expand westward from sea to sea.

5. Political Expansion of our nation’s borders/territory
Oregon Territory, 54´40° or Fight
James K. Polk and the Election of 1844
Expansion of slavery—fueled sectional tensions that led to the Civil War
Land ownership tied to political power & self-rule

6. http://faculty. umf. maine. edu/walter. sargent/public

7. Economic New land for farmers, had outgrown the eastern seaboard
Economic depressions
New trade routes and markets
Inexpensive (or free) land
New opportunities for commerce

8. Social Remove Native Americans Refuge for persecuted groups (Mormons)
Part of nationalism

9. Result
4,000,000 Americans moved to western territories between 1820 & 1850

10. Warm-Up for 1/30: Answer in complete sentences
Who can you identify in this painting?
2. What are the characters doing in this painting?
3. Where are they headed?
4. What or who do you think the floating angel represents?
5. What does this painting tell us about early westward movement?

11. Wednesday’s Lesson: Geography Impacts Manifest Destiny
How did each of these features impact the settlers moving west?

12. Fanny Palmer: “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” (1868)

13. Albert Bierstadt, “Emigrants Crossing the Plains” - 1866