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Title: The Spirit of Manifest Destiny


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The Spirit of Manifest Destiny
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Manifest Destiny
  • The Republic of Texas
  • The Mexican-American War
  • The Gold Rush

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Manifest Destiny
  • Compromise of 1850
  • Oregon Treaties
  • The Gadsden Purchase

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The Republic of Texas
  • 1825-Mexico passes National Colonization Law
  • 1834-Texans demand independence from Mexico
  • 1836 Battle of the Alamo

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Sam Houston
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The Republic of Texas -2
  • Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of
    Texas
  • December 29, 1845-Texas becomes an American state

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The Mexican-American War
  • 1846-Polk orders American forces under Zachary
    Taylor to march into Mexico and wait for a fight

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Zachary Taylor
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Senator Abraham Lincoln (Whig) Illinois

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The Mexican-American War-2
  • 1847-New Congressman from Illinois, Abraham
    Lincoln, calls for Spot Resolutions. New
    Englanders hate the war and protest it.

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The Mexican-American War
  • 1847-Buena Vista
  • 1847-American forces enter Mexico City
  • 1848-Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo
  • Gadsden Purchase

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John C. Fremont
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The Gold Rush
  • 1845-John Fremont, in California, was told to
    explore. but conquered Sacramento and declared
    the free Republic of California. America
    immediately annexed the republic and
    sent American
    troops to
    Los Angeles

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The Gold Rush-2
  • 1849-Gold found at Sutters Fort, CA.
    Gold Rush begins

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Oregon Treaties
  • 1846-Fifty-Four Forty or Fight turns into OK,
    49th as Oregon becomes American
  • 1841-Creole incident
  • 1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Compromise of 1850
  • 1846-Wilmot Proviso (We shouldnt allow slavery
    in the new territories won from Mexico)

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Compromise of 1850
  • Provisions
  • admit California as a free state
  • Reorganize the new territory from Mexico with no
    restriction on slavery

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Compromise of 1850-2
  • Provisions
  • Uphold slavery in DC
  • Adopt a stronger Fugitive slave law

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Compromise of 1850-3
  • Provisions
  • Deny Congress the authority to interfere with
    interstate slave trading
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