1. Manifest Destiny Unit 8

2. Manifest Destiny Conflict Expansion Migration Territory Annexation

3. Territorial Expansion LA Purchase 1803 Texas Annexation 1845 Oregon Territory 1846 Mexican Cession 1848 Gadsden Purchase 1853

4. Manifest Destiny Land acquired by the US “Sea to shining sea” Many settlers moved west to start a new life

5. Keeping things organized Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Provided procedures for establishing territories and creating states

6. War with Mexico 1846-1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (say it right) says… Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States Rio Grande is made the southern border of Texas Mexican Cession (Mexico cedes parts of 7 states to US)

7. War with Mexico 1846-1848 President Polk General Zachary Taylor (Rio Grande, disputed territory) General Winfield Scott (Veracruz, Mexico City) Santa Anna

8. War with Mexico States Added as a result (Mexican Cession) California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona Parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico

9. Territorial Acquisition

10. Gadsden Purchase 1853 Strip of land in southern Arizona and New Mexico Acquired from Mexico for $10 million Wanted by the US to build a southern trans- continental railroad.

11. Physical Barriers to settlers

12. Trails West Oregon Trail (Settlers headed to Oregon Territory) Mormon Trail (Mormons headed to Utah) Santa Fe Trail (Opened new trade routes in the south) All crossed Rocky Mountains

13. Trails West

14. American Progress by John Gast

15. John Gast Describe the elements within the painting that demonstrate Manifest Destiny.

16. Asian Immigration

17. Looking for opportunities Jobs Land Gold Mainly in California and West Coast

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