Manifest Destiny

Unit 8

Manifest Destiny

• Conflict• Expansion• Migration• Territory• Annexation

Territorial Expansion

• LA Purchase 1803• Texas Annexation 1845• Oregon Territory 1846• Mexican Cession 1848• Gadsden Purchase 1853

Manifest Destiny

• Land acquired by the US• “Sea to shining sea”• Many settlers moved west to start a new life

Keeping things organized

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787• Provided procedures for establishing

territories and creating states

War with Mexico 1846-1848

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (say it right) says…

• Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States

• Rio Grande is made the southern border of Texas

• Mexican Cession (Mexico cedes parts of 7 states to US)

War with Mexico

• 1846-1848• President Polk• General Zachary Taylor (Rio Grande, disputed

territory)• General Winfield Scott (Veracruz, Mexico City)• Santa Anna

War with Mexico

• States Added as a result (Mexican Cession)• California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona• Parts of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico

Territorial Acquisition

Gadsden Purchase

• 1853• Strip of land in southern Arizona and New

Mexico• Acquired from Mexico for $10 million• Wanted by the US to build a southern trans-

continental railroad.

Physical Barriers to settlers

Trails West

• Oregon Trail (Settlers headed to Oregon Territory)

• Mormon Trail (Mormons headed to Utah)• Santa Fe Trail (Opened new trade routes in the

south)• All crossed Rocky Mountains

Trails West

American Progress by John Gast

John Gast Describe the elements within the painting that demonstrate Manifest Destiny.

Asian Immigration

Asian Immigration

• Looking for opportunities• Jobs• Land• Gold• Mainly in California and West Coast

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