Warm-up:
• Use your text book to find the date of the following:
• Include the date they became part of the U.S.
Texas annexed to U.S.
Florida annexed to U.S.
Purchase of Alaska
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
Warm-up:
• Use your text book to order the following:
• Include the date they became part of the U.S.
Texas annexed to U.S. - 1845
Florida annexed to U.S. - 1819
Purchase of Alaska - 1867
Mexican Cession - 1848
Gadsden Purchase - 1853
Louisiana Purchase - 1803
Oregon Country - 1846
• When you see the wagon write!
• I can identify areas that were
acquired to form the United
States.
Annexation – (Annex)
To add a territory to your own territory
(Ex. Louisiana Purchase – 1803)
Land Acquisition Map
Manifest Destiny
• Locate the following on the map provided:
Texas annexed to U.S.
Florida annexed to U.S.
Purchase of Alaska
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Country
Warm-up
• Locate the paper on or under your desk.
• Follow the directions on the paper.
• I will be checking to make sure that you
followed the directions.
• There are no right or wrong answers.
I can: Define Manifest Destiny
I can: Explain the reasons for Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
• http://youtu.be/ZkBKG9F8MfM
• Manifest Destiny –
The belief of the U.S. government and its’
citizens that the nation’s destiny or fate to
expand westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Pacific Ocean.
The four reasons for Manifest Destiny
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Economic Reasons
Political Reasons
Social Reasons
Geographic Reasons
With a partner list 3 ECONOMIC reasons
that you think contributed to Manifest Destiny.
Economic Reasons:
• New land for farmers
• New trade routes (Santa Fe Trail)
• Business opportunities
With a partner list 3 POLITICAL reasons that
contributed to Manifest Destiny.
Political Reasons:
• Expansion of our nations borders & territory
• Expansion of slavery
With a partner list 3 SOCIAL reasons that
you think contributed to Manifest Destiny.
Social Reasons
• Removal of Native Americans
• Refuge for persecuted groups (ex. Mormons)
With a partner list 3 GEOGRAPHIC reasons
that you think contributed to Manifest Destiny.
Geographic Reasons
• Gold in California
• California’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean
• The Rocky Mountains made it necessary to
buy land for a railroad. (Ex. Gadsden Purchase)
Warm-up : Make a list of the present day states that
can be found in the Louisiana Purchase
I can: explain the Northwest Ordinance
and how it established orderly
expansion of the United States
Reason for the Northwest Ordinance
• Orderly procedure for establishing territories
• Procedure for applying for statehood
Northwest Ordinance Requirements
To become a state:
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5,000 men requirement who owned at
least 50 acres
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Had to have 60,000 people
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Have an established self-government
Physical Characteristics that influenced
population distribution
• Pacific Ocean – allowed Asians to immigrate
to California during the Gold Rush
• Gold – Population increased as settlers looked
for gold
• Rocky Mountains – barrier between East and
West. Led to Gadsden Purchase that enabled a
railroad to be built.
Warm-up:
• Read page 370 “Santa Fe Trail”
• Title your notes Santa Fe Trail.
• Write the question and answer in your journal.
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When
Where
Who
Purpose
Describe the physical characteristics of the trail.
Who were the Americans trading with on the Santa Fe
Trail?
– What shut down the Santa Fe Trail?
– What did Americas increased trade with New Mexico
lead to?
Write answers on the board.
– When: 1821
– Where: Santa Fe, New Mexico
– Who: William Becknal
– Purpose: trade route to Santa Fe
– Describe the physical characteristics of the trail:
flat and easy to travel on
– Who were the Americans trading with on the
Santa Fe Trail: Mexico
– What shut down the Santa Fe Trail: the railroad
– What did Americas increased trade with New
Mexico lead to: War with Mexico because of the
valuable territory
I can: Explain the causes of
the U.S. – Mexican War
Presidents
1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
Skip to 11 – James K. Polk
• I can: describe the causes and impact of the
U.S. – Mexican War
• Read War with Mexico – pgs. 371 – 374.
• Turn each subtitle into a question. Answer the
question.
• War with Mexico – For example: Why was
there a war with Mexico?
Warm- up:
Identify the following dates:
write the date and event!! Write the dates
and event in your journal.
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1607177617911803-
Warm- up:
Identify the following dates:
write the date and event!! Write the dates
and event in your journal.
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1607- Founding of Jamestown
1776- U.S. Independence
1791- Bill of Rights added to Constitution
1803- Marbury vs. Madison & Louisiana
Purchase
DISPUTED TEXAS BORDER
• I can explain the causes & effects
of the U.S. Mexican war.
• Aggression – hostile, violent
Causes of the U.S. – Mexican War
• President Polk wanted to expand the United
States
• Border dispute between Texas and Mexico
– Texas claimed southern border was the Rio
Grande
– Mexico said NO IT’S NOT!
• Cede – to give up, to surrender
• Mexican Cession – Mexico gave up California
and New Mexico
Effects & Impact- Mexican War
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
– Ends the war with Mexico
– Grants the U.S. the Mexican territory of New Mexico,
Arizona, & California
• Gadsden Purchase -U.S. paid Mexico $10
million
– Acquired land necessary for a southern
transcontinental railroad
– Attempt to resolve conflicts with Mexico over the
annexation of Texas
The War of Aggression
Discuss the following questions with a partner, take
notes and be prepared to share your answers.
• If two countries dispute the border between
their countries, what should they do???
• What did President Polk do?
• Why did Americans see the U.S. – Mexican
War as a war of aggression?
1. Title your warm-up: American Progress by John Gast – 1872
2. Describe the painting. (3 sentences)
3. Describe how the painting depicts (shows) Manifest Destiny.
(2 sentences)
• I can explain a social reason for
Manifest Destiny. (i.e. The Mormon
Trek)
• Persecute – to harass, harm or annoy
someone because of race, political belief or
religion. (ex. Mormons)
• Refugee – a person who has been forced to
flee their homeland because of war,
persecution or natural disaster. (ex. Mormons)
Mormons – Social Reason for
Manifest Destiny (partner discussion)
• Who was Joseph Smith?
• What were 2 beliefs that the Mormons held?
• What was the general publics reaction to
these beliefs?
• What happened to Smith and his followers in
New York?
• What happened to Smith?
• When did the Mormon migration begin?
• Where did they settle?
• What happened in 1857-1858?
– Summarize what we just discussed. Write 5
sentences about the Mormons.
Mormon Trek
Map Rubric – Write this in your journal. This is
your check list.
• Mexican Cession – color red
• Outline & Label the Gadsden
Purchase (pg. 380)
• Draw in the Rocky Mountains
• Draw the Oregon Trail orange
(pg. 381)
• Draw the Santa Fe Trail green
(pg. 370)
• Draw the California Trail
purple (pg. 381)
• Draw the Mormon Trek red
(pg. 377-378)
• Draw gold bars in California
• Page RA16 – RA17 (label all 50
states and the date they were
admitted in the Union)
• Label Atlantic Ocean
• Label Pacific Ocean
• Label Washington D.C.
• MUST MAKE A KEY!
• Put a check next to each item
when you complete the task.
Trails West
• Oregon Trail
• California Trail
Warm-up: Thursday
1.Read the excerpt. Focus on the bolded part.
2. What do you think it means? (3 sentences)
• Away, away will these cobweb issues of right
of discovery, exploration, settlement,
continuity, etc… our claim to Oregon would
still be best and strongest. And that claim is by
right of our manifest destiny to overspread
and to possess the whole of the continent
which Providence has given us for the
development of the great experiment of
liberty and federated self-government
entrusted to us.
John O’Sullivan, New York Morning News, December, 1845
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Testable Items – Friday
Unit 7 Manifest Destiny
• Manifest Destiny – definition
• Economic, political and social reasons for
Manifest Destiny
• Northwest Ordinance
• U.S. Mexican War
• Mormon Trek
• Cover all notes in Unit 8
Match the following dates with the Era
• 1600’s
• Revolutionary Era
• 1700’s
• Colonization Era
• 1800’s
• Expansion & Acquisition
True/False
• Women demanding the right to vote is a belief
of Manifest Destiny in the 1800’s.
True/False
• Manifest Destiny is characterized by farmers
switching from food crops to cash crops.
True/False
• During the 1800’s Americans belief in Manifest
Destiny is characterized by settlers moving
west in order to start a new life.