1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with
emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing
democratization.
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POLITICAL PARTIES EMERGED
FEDERALIST
DEMOCRATICREPUBLICAN
LED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON
LED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON
STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
STRONG STATE GOVERNMENTS
LOOSE INTERPRETATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION
NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICIES
LIMITED INVOLVEMENT IN
ECONOMICS BY FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
SUPPORT BRITISH
SUPPORT FRENCH
MERCHANTS AND
MANUFACTURERS ESPECIALLY
FROM NEW ENGLAND
FARMERS, TRADERS,
PLANTATION OWNERS FROM
RURAL AND FRONTIER AREAS
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THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Acquired by President Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803
INCLUDED PARTS OF LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, IOWA, MINNESOTA,
NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NEBRASKA, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, COLORADO,
WYOMING, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND MONTANA
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Lewis and Clark Explore New Lands
SET THE STAGE FOR INCREASED EXPLORATION, TRADE,
SETTLEMENT AND ANNEXATION.
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MAP OF LEWIS AND CLARK’S JOURNEY OF
EXPLORATION
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WAR OF 1812
•2nd war with Britain
•US won (again)
Significance of the War of 1812:
•SHOWED THE U.S. WAS A WORLD MILITARY POWER
•LAST U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS (for about a
century).
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NATIVE AMERICAN REMOVAL, 1830s
•MOVED MOST OF THE
NATIONS OF TRIBES
INTO OKLAHOMA.
•THE MOST TRAGIC
REMOVAL INVOLVED THE
CHEROKEE
THOUSANDS DIED
REMEMBERED AS THE
TRAIL OF TEARS.
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Contemporary art inspired by the
Trail of Tears
Jason Fuller
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Mike Menasco
Tennessee
Indian Tribes
Mound Builders
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Chickamauga
Alabama
Indian Tribes
Cherokee
Creek
Choctaw
Chickasaw
Kentucky
Indian
Tribes
Cherokee
Delaware
Iroquois
Shawnee
Mississippi
Indian Tribes
Natchez
Chickasaw
Choctaw
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MANIFEST DESTINY
THE BELIEF THAT THE U.S. HAD A GOD GIVEN MISSION TO
SPREAD ITS CIVILIZATION
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REASONS FOR MANIFEST DESTINY
THE TELEGRAPH, STEAMSHIPS AND THE RAILROAD
LINKED FAR DISTANT PLACES LIKE OREGON AND
CALIFORNIA
BELIEF THAT THE DEMOCRACY MUST CONTINUE TO GROW
A NEED TO DEVELOP NEW TRADE MARKETS FOR ECONOMIC
GROWTH
FEAR THAT OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SPREAD AND
TAKE OVER
DO WE STILL HAVE THESE BELEIFS TODAY? PROVIDE EXAMPLES:
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THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, 1846-1848
MANIFEST DESTINY
AND THE DESIRE FOR
MORE TERRITORY
FUELED THIS WAR
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Results of the Mexican American War
U.S. GAINED LARGE
AMOUNTS of TERRITORIES
INCLUDING CALIFORNIA’s
GOLD DEPOSITS
MAP OF TERRITORY GAINED FROM
MEXICO
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What was the California Gold Rush?
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PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD POURED INTO
CALIFORNIA HOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH IN THE GOLDFIELDS
FOREIGNERS WERE
TREATED HARSHLY,
ATTACKED AND
TAXED EXTRA
CHILEANS
CHINESE MINERS
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GOLD RUSH = DISASTER FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS WERE MASSACRED.
EDITORIAL FROM A YREKA NEWSPAPER JUST AFTER THE GOLD
RUSH BEGAN:
"THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE INDIAN PROBLEM IS TO
EXTERMINATE THEM"... ANYONE WHO ARGUES TO THE
CONTRARY IS TAKING A MOST TRAITOROUS POSITION."
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LINCOLN ELECTED, 1860
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SUMMARY
• PUMP UP THE JAM
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