Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny

• U.S. had a DEVINE mission to expand in order to
  spread the ideals of freedom and democracy.

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Manifest Destiny

• Native Americans?
• Mexicans?
• Sectional Tension?

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Manifest Destiny
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Manifest Destiny

• First Settlers
• explorers, trappers, traders
• Brigham Young
• 1846 Salt Lake
• Escape persecution

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Manifest Destiny

• By 1853
• present boundaries

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Manifest Destiny

• By 1853
• present boundaries
• How did we get there?

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Manifest Destiny

• 1803
• Louisiana Purchase (see previous notes)

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Manifest Destiny

• 1819 Florida!
• Adams Onis Treaty
• From Spain
• Spain is out of N.A.

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Manifest Destiny

• 1845 TEXAS!
• Also parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado,
  Wyoming, and Kansas from Mexico

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Manifest Destiny

• 1821 Mexico declares independence from Spain.

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Manifest Destiny

• Southern slave holders move into Texas

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Manifest Destiny

• 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico
• Republic of Texas
• DONT Mess with Texas!

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Manifest Destiny

• 1845 Statehood (slave)

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Manifest Destiny Mexican Cession

• 1848 Mexican Cession

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Manifest Destiny Mexican Cession

• California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
  Colorado, Wyoming

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Manifest Destiny Mexican Cession

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican
  American War (1846 1848)

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Manifest Destiny Mexican Cession

• Mexican War Mexico objected to the Texas
  Annexation (statehood)

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Manifest Destiny Mexican Cession

• President James Polk We want California!
• Mexico lt

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Manifest Destiny Mexican Cession

• Expansionists love it! Fulfill Manifest Destiny!
  
• Northerners No more slave states!
• Lincoln war of conquest

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Manifest Destiny - Oregon Country

• 1846 Treaty with Great Britain (46 Parallel)

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Manifest Destiny Gadsden Purchase

• 1853 Gadsden Purchase
• Mexico 10 Million
• Possible Railroad route