To Begin

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To Begin

• Please get out paper for your quiz over chapters
  16 and 17.
• When finish, turn your quiz and pull out the
  primary documents you read for today. (B1 if
  you didnt get the doc, its in the filing
  cabinet)
• Remember Biography Project Rough Draft (with
  planning document attached) is due Tuesday 10/25.

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Westward Expansion

• Did westward expansion promote unity or division
  within the United States?
• 10/21

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Manifest Destiny
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Should we push west?

• Arguments in favor

• Arguments against

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Debating Expansion

• Youll be divided into 6 groups.
• Each group will be assigned one of the following
  positions
• For annexing Texas v. Against annexing Texas
• Demanding the annexation of all of Oregon v.
  Willing to settle at the 49 line
• For the Mexican War v. Against the Mexican War
• Brainstorm arguments that your side would make
  and then craft a stump speech that you would
  deliver in hopes of convincing average Americans
  to support your position these will be shared.

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Expansion Texas

• In 1820s, Mexico granted a portion of land
  (Texas) to American settlers.
• Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836
  (i.e. it was a separate, sovereign nation)
• U.S. fearful of annexing Texas b/c of slave
  debate and war with Mexico.
• Close congressional vote made Texas a state in
  1845.

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For annexing Texas v. Against annexing Texas
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Expansion Oregon

• Possession of Oregon an ongoing dispute.
• What constitutes ownership exploration or
  cultivation?
• 5440 or Fight!
• Balanced out slave territory gained with Texas
• or settle for the 49th (1846)

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Demanding the annexation of all of Oregon v.
Willing to settle at the 4940 line
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Expansion Mexican War

• Annexation of Texas hurt relations with Mexico.
• Offers to buy California/New Mexico rejected by
  Mexico.
• President Polk sent troops to Rio Grande
  disputed territory.
• After attack on U.S. soldiers, war declared May
  1846.

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Views of the Mexican War

• Support
• Manifest Destiny
• Prevent British control
• Economic value
• Need to spread values
• Response to attack
• Opposition
• Unprovoked
• Executive overstepping bounds
• Slavery
• Morally wrong
• Will weaken the U.S.

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Conclusion of the Mexican War

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (March 1848)
• Legacies
• First offensive war
• Deadly and expensive
• New generation of war heroes and military leaders
• Coast to coast
• Nationalism
• Sectionalism

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For the Mexican War v. Against the Mexican War
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• In what ways did westward expansion encourage
  nationalism?
• How is the growing sectionalism of the antebellum
  period evident in the debates over westward
  expansion?
• What was the primary outcome of westward
  expansion unity or division?

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Close Map Practice

• By 1853, the U.S. had extended from the Atlantic
  to the Pacific. Illustrate American growth on the
  map by identifying the following (using color
  might help)
• territory included in the original 13 colonies
  (think Proclamation Line of 1763)
• territory granted to the U.S. with the Treaty of
  Paris (1783)
• Louisiana Purchase (1803)
• Florida (1819)
• Texas Annexation (1845)
• Oregon Territory (1846)
• Mexican Cession (1848)
• Gadsden Purchase (1853) hint Near Mexico ?

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