Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny

• Expanding from Atlantic to Pacific

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Manifest Destiny

• They believed it was Americas destiny to expand
  to the Pacific Ocean.

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Why Go West?

• Farming land
• New markets for goods and manufacturing
• More room for growing population
• Find harbors to trade with Asia
• Find employment
• Spread democracy

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Native American Reaction

• Theyre forcing us to move again?!
• Black Hawk War
• Sauk and Fox tribes in Illinois and Iowa were
  confronted w/growing settler population.
• Chief Black Hawk said, Were not leaving.
• Hundreds of Natives were killed.
• Ended when military slaughtered 200 Natives.

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Trails West

• Santa Fe Trail
• People wanting to trade.
• Oregon Trail
• Began as people wanting to convert Native
  Americans to Christianity.
• Families followed to start new lives.

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Territorial Disputes

• Britain and the U.S. argued over the Oregon
  Territory.
• They both claimed it.
• Neither had rightful ownership of it (Native
  Americans did).
• Brits and U.S. agreed to split it.

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