1. Manifest Destiny United States History I Mrs. Rivas

2. “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872

3. Manifest Destiny Definition:

4.   First coined by newspaper editor John O’Sullivan   ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federaltive development of self-government entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the tree to the space of air and the earth suitable for the full expansion of its principle and destiny of growth."

5. To understand Manifest Destiny, it's important to understand the United States' need and desire to expand…

6. Essential Question  In your opinion, is the concept of Manifest Destiny either defined as:  Aggressive nationalism?  Bullying haves vs. have nots?

7. Social Change

8. Economic Change

9. Political Change  \.

10. Causes: Westward Expansion Effect:

12. Texas Revolution Map

13. Key Figures in Texas Independence, 1836 Sam Houston (1793-1863) Steven Austin (1793-1836)

14. The Battle of the Alamo General Antonio L  pez de Santa Anna Recaptures the Alamo

15. Remember the Alamo!

16. The Oregon Trail – Albert Bierstadt, 1869

17. The Oregon Dispute: 54’ 40º or Fight!  By the mid- 1840s, “Oregon Fever” was spurred on by the promise of free land.  The joint British- U. S. occupation ended in 1846.

18. USA - 1846