The Expansion of the United States at home and abroad

The Beginning

Andrew Jackson

Jacksonian Democracy

Promote strong executive

Andrew Jackson

Definition

God Watches over

Expand to Pacific

Angel Watches over settlers

Expansion

To the Pacific

Multiple

Acquisitions

Where next

Manifest Destiny

reemerges

Keep Moving

Where does it

stop?

Not to Mexico

Calhoun led charge

Can’t Implore will

No Mexican

Citizenship

John C. Calhoun

If Not Mexico

Philippines?

Purchased from Spain

10 Million Dollars

Kansas and the Philippines

Kansas Farming

Wanted Success

Differing Viewpoints

Kansas Involvement

Proud Kansan’s

Wanted Expansion

Hero’s Welcome

Kansas 20th In action

The Anti-Imperialists

Opposed force

Unconstitutional

Reasoning

John Davis

Past Experiences

Past Experiences

Fall of Rome

British and Indians

Declaration of Independence

Inalienable Rights

What possible good?

What if annexed?

Cheap Labor Force

Political Power

Accommodation

Sphere of Influence

Monroe Doctrine

Invite Europe back

Monroe Doctrine

Unconstitutional

Unwilling subjects

No power of

Colonialism

Jeremiah D. Botkin

Immoral everywhere

Interpretation

Benefit

Trade benefits

Who gains though

Worth it?

Imperialists

Took opposite side

William Allen White

William Allen White

Conclusion

Same Premise

Different conclusion

Called by God

Standard 4 The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of significant individuals, groups, ideas, events, eras, and developments in the history of Kansas, the United States, and the world, utilizing essential analytical and research skills.

Benchmark 4.1 The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, group, ideas, developments, and turning points in the early years of the United States

Indicator 4.1.5 (A) The student analyzes how territorial expansion of the United States affected relations with external powers and American Indians (e.g., Louisiana Purchase, concept of Manifest Destiny, previous land policies-Northwest Ordinance, Mexican-American War, Gold Rush).

Citation

Hankins, Barry. “Manifest Destiny in the Midwest: Selected Kansans and the Philippine Question.” Kansas History (Spring 1985) Vol 30 No. 4 pg 54-67

Nick Hansen Pittsburg State University