1. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY

2. 1820

3. Territorial Growth to 1853

4. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy

5. “American Progress” by John Gast, 1872

6. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America

7. The Oregon Trail – Albert Bierstadt, 1869

8. Overland Immigration to the West  Between 1840 and 1860, more than 250,000 people made the trek westward.

9. “Manifest Destiny”  First coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in 1845.  "Our manifest destiny [is] to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty.” Used by politicians in 1840s to justify expanding America's territory

10. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

11. Territorial Growth to 1853

12. Westward the Course of Empire Emmanuel Leutze, 1860

13. “Shooting for the Beef,” by George C. Bingham (1850)

14. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country

15. The Oregon Territory  By the mid- 1840s, “Oregon Fever” was spurred on by the promise of free land.

16. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest

17. Territorial Growth to 1853

18. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver)

20. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area

21. Oregon Trail

22. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas

23. The Republic of Texas

24. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land

26. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas

27. Stephen Austin (1793-1836)

28. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico

29. Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California

31. Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers

33. Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers 4) California

35. Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers 4) California a) Spanish had missions

37. Manifest Destiny B. Territories to Settle: 1) Oregon Country a) Pacific Northwest b) Mountain Men (trap beaver) c) Oregon Trail to reach the area 2) Texas a) Mexico's land b) Stephen Austin one of first Americans to settle in Texas 3) New Mexico a) Area between Texas and California b) Santa Fe Trail used by settlers 4) California a) Spain had missions b) Mexico had ranchos

39. Trails Westward

40. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy

41. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans

43. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death

45. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans

46. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans a) Land, not democracy

48. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans a) Land, not democracy 3) Black slaves

50. Manifest Destiny C. Exceptions to Spreading Democracy 1) Native Americans a) Disease and Death 2) Mexicans a) Land, not democracy 3) Black slaves a) Slavery in American South

53. Manifest Destiny A. The Ideal: 1) America a special nation chosen by God: a) to spread freedom and democracy b) settle all of North America