15.
IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, YOU NEED TO:
2 THE DAY. WRITE THE DAILY QUOTE AND
1) DO THE DQ FOR
ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE SONGS
2) COPY THE NOTES INTO YOUR NOTEBOOK
4) Create the Manifest Destiny Puzzle Map
5) DO THE MANIFEST DESTINY CROSSWORD
ON THE BOARD:
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DQ2
MANIFEST DESTINY NOTES
MANIFEST DESTINY PUZZLE MAP
MANIFEST DESTINY CROSSWORD
TEST CORRECTIONS
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Daily Quote &Question (DQ2)
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“…you may all go to hell and I
will go to Texas.”-Davy Crockett
SONG FOR THE DAY: 1. All My Ex’s Live in Texas
What is the definition of Manifest Destiny?
Manifest Destiny
A. TEXAS
B. POLK
C. WAR WITH MEXICO
D. OREGON
E. UTAH
F. CALIFORNIA
G. TAYLOR
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the U.S. had a divine
mission to extend its power and
settlement across North America.
AMERICA BELIEVED IT HAD A
GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO TAKE
THE WEST (CANADA AND
MEXICO ALSO).
A. TEXAS
-independence from Mexico in 1836
-becomes a Republic
-seeks admission as state under
President Sam Houston (talks to GB)
Stephen Austin colonized TX
Statehood: 1845
The Battle of the Alamo (1836)
B) POLK
-POLK WINS 1844 AGAINST HENRY CLAY
-54’40 OR FIGHT!
-WHEN TX ANNEXATION MEANS WAR,
DECIDES TO WORK OUT TREATY WITH
GREAT BRITIAN
C. WAR WITH MEXICO
--1845 TX admitted as state, Mexico
breaks relations
-Zachary Taylor sent to provoke Mexico
in April 1846, war declared May 13
-Texas Rangers help: “los tejanos diablos”
MANY OF CIVIL WAR GENERALS SERVE
Grant
Lee
Longstreet
Picket
Meade
jackson
WILMOT PROVISO DEFEATED
(WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED SLAVERY IN ANY
TERRITORY GAINED BY WAR)
Scott
Freemont
Stephen Kearney
Kearney takes New Mexico and South California
Bear Flag Revolt led by Freemont overthrows
Mexico in California
General Winfield Scott takes Mexico City
War Ends with Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Agree
Rio
Grande
is Texas
border
we get Arizona, New Mexico, California,
Nevada, Utah (1848)
D) OREGON
-OCCUPIED JOINTLY WITH ENGLAND
(and some natives)
-1840S travel by Oregon Trail (6
months
-CALLED FOR IN 1844 ELECTION
-OREGON TREATY COMPROMISES
AT 49o (Polk president)
)
E) UTAH
-Settled by Mormons
Smith was killed in 1844
(religion founded by Joseph Smith)
-Led to Utah by Brigham Young (1848)
at that time it was part of Mexico
-Not made a state until 1896
(issue is polygamy more than 1 spouse)
F. CALIFORNIA
-Gold discovered at
Sutter’s Mill, California
-Populations swells
(14,000 to 100,000)
-49ers (GOLD RUSH)
-admitted as a state
1850
G. TAYLOR
-
FREE SOIL PARTY FORMS TO PROTEST
TAYLOR THE SLAVE HOLDER RUNNING/
THE WHIGS SPLIT WITH ANTI-SLAVERY
FORCES JOINING THIS NEW PARTY
ZACHARY TAYLOR WINS ELECTION AS
MILITARY HERO IN 1848
“OLD ROUGH AND READY”
DIES AFTER JULY 4, 1850
VP MILLARD FILLMORE TAKES OVER…
H. OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
OSTEND MANIFESTO
PRESIDENT PIERCE ATTEMPTS TO BUY CUBA
SECRET MEETINGS IN OSTEND, BELGIUM
WALKER EXPEDITION
TRIED TO TAKE BAJA CALIFORNIA. TOOK OVER
NICARAGUA (1855). HE IS EXECUTED IN 1860.
CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY
TREATY THAT US & GB WILL NOT ATTEMPT
TO TAKE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF FUTURE
CANAL IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
GADSDEN PURCHASE
PIERCE ADDS STRIP OF LAND IN SOUTHWEST FOR A
RAILROAD. FORMS PART OF NEW MEXICO & ARIZONA
Label the Oregon Country (and date)—color it green
Label the Mexican Cession (and date)—color it orange
Label the Louisiana Purchase (and date)—color it yellow
Label Texas Annexation (and date)—color it brown
Label the United States in 1783
Label the areas ceded by Spain in 1819
Label the areas annexed by the U.S. in 1810 and 1812