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Territorial Expansion Moving West

Territorial Expansion Moving West. Manifest Destiny. The belief that God has ordained that Americans should expand west. Manifest Destiny. Main draw – land Owning land was an important first step toward prosperity Other Reasons Expanding markets Fresh start – economic trouble.

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Territorial Expansion Moving West

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  1. Territorial ExpansionMoving West

  2. Manifest Destiny The belief that God has ordained that Americans should expand west

  3. Manifest Destiny • Main draw – land • Owning land was an important first step toward prosperity • Other Reasons • Expanding markets • Fresh start – economic trouble

  4. Native Americans Black Hawk War • Fought over rights to land – Native Americans lose and are forcibly removed to land WEST of Mississippi • continued pattern of Native American groups being pushed farther west by white settlers

  5. Native Americans Treaty of Fort Laramie • Agreement between the US Government and several Midwestern tribes who guaranteed not to attack white settlers moving West • US Government agreed to honor boundaries • US Government repeatedly violated it’s side of the agreement

  6. Trails West • Aside from settlers two other groups moved across the west traders and missionaries

  7. Trails West • Santa Fe Trail • From Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico • Traders took cloth, guns, knives and returned with gold, silver and furs • Oregon Trail * From Independence, MO to Portland, OR * Methods of travel: 1) prairie schooners or 2) walking * Why Oregon? – plenty of rain and fertile soil

  8. Trails West • Mormon Trail • moving west to escape religious persecution • Practice that caused so much controversy – polygamy or • (the practice of having more than one wife) • Led west by Brigham Young • Eventually settled in an area they called Salt Lake City

  9. Border Disputes Oregon Territory The U.S. and Britain had been sharing the Oregon Territory. • President Polk used the slogan “Fifty-four Forty or Fight” to gain support for annexing (adding) the Oregon Territory • Britain eventually agreed and the US Boundary extended all the way to the Puget Sound • The US’s northern boundary with Canada is now established

  10. Border Disputes (Mexico and Texas) Mexican Land grants to settlers Mexico grants land to white American settlers in present day Texas to cut down on Native American attacks in the area

  11. The Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas, Texas becomes a state Texas Revolution *Alamo*San Jacinto The Republic of Texas Texas Annexation North South

  12. War with Mexico North? No! We don’t want to expand slavery! Mexican American War South? Yes! Let’s fight! More land could equal more slavery! America gains the spoils of war – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848

  13. Gold! Looking for gold is difficult work California Gold Rush People come from all over the world in 1849 How did this affect California and the United States? Population EXPLOSION in California. California will be the first U.S. territory in the land won from Mexico to apply for statehood. Could this upset the balance of free vs. slave states???...

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