Day 1:Preview•Define: Destiny

Land Acquired between 1783-1867

What is Manifest Destiny??

• Comes from ideas of American Exceptionalism:– America is unique and different

in a good way from the rest of the world

• Moral superiority

Continentalism: We should own the continent• Religious and Racial

overtones!– Belief that we are a Christian

nation, and god wants us to• Pagan Indians have no right to

the land they live on– Belief in the superiority of

Anglo-Saxon people over Indians

Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny:belief that the United States had a mission to expand its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

Early Manifest Destiny

• Background Info.:After the French-Indian

War, Great Britain put land west of the Appalachians off limitsProclamation Line of 1763

• But, who stands to loose if the lands are reserved for Native Americans?

• And, who benefits?

Proclamation Line – What was it?

• Resulted from Revolutionary War– Why did we fight it?

• Land speculators wanted to take land West of the Ohio Valley

• Replaced the King with a government of businessmen– To benefit the

businessmen

Western Expansion Americans spill west

over the Appalachians Settle in “Old Northwest”

Slaveholders help establish first slave free zone

Move into French Louisiana

Napoleon is busy in Europe Offers to sell for

money $15 million/.42 cents per acre

Why should the US purchase Louisiana?

Cherokee Removal

• Cherokee Indians live in huge area of land– Had given up much to

remain in homeland• Why would whites want

Cherokee land?• Problem for US: literate,

had alphabet, newspaper, settled

• Removed by President Jackson– “Trail of Tears” (1836-

1839)

Day 2:Q & A Session:1)What 2 ideas was Manifest Destiny based on?

2)What was Manifest Destiny?

3)What 2 groups benefitted from Manifest Destiny?

WARNING:

PLEASE see US map on the back side of your notes, and follow directions as you view the next few slides. There will be a Homework assignment connected to this information!

Texas War of Independence

Americans Americans began moving began moving into Texas in into Texas in the 1820’s the 1820’s

and brought and brought their slaves their slaves with them. with them.

War fought War fought by Texans by Texans

against against Mexico Mexico

because they because they believed their believed their

rights had rights had been violatedbeen violated..

Won by Won by Texans in Texans in 1836 and 1836 and

requests to requests to enter the U.S.enter the U.S.

President President Jackson and Jackson and Van Buren Van Buren refused to refused to recognize recognize

Texas Texas statehood statehood because of because of

slavery.slavery.Texas

became its own country from 1836 to

1845.Texas entered as a U.S. state

in 1845.

Texas War of Independence

Mexican War

Mexican War

CausesCauses•Manifest Destiny

•California•Texas statehood, 1845•Mexico refusing to sell

California•Border dispute

EffectsEffects•US receives Mexican Cession• (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)

•Disputes over expansion of slavery will lead to the Civil War

Oregon dispute

•Treaty with Treaty with Great Britain in Great Britain in 18461846

•President Polk President Polk campaign campaign slogan was slogan was 54,40 or fight…54,40 or fight…

•Compromised Compromised with British and with British and divided the divided the Oregon Country Oregon Country at the 49at the 49thth parallelparallel

•Resources?Resources?

Winners, losers? Check Your Notes!

• Land speculators:– Can sell land to settlers for a

profit• Slaveholders:

– Expand slavery into new territory

• 2 Senators per state!

• US Government:– Increases power– If we have it, they don’t– Many gov’t officials are land

speculators or slaveholders• Settlers:

– Get their own land

• Who loses?

DBQ

“O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!”

1. How does this song promote the idea of Manifest Destiny?

2. From where does America get the authority to spread across the continent?

3. How could this song affect children’s image of the US?