Intro to Manifest Destiny
Objective:
Manifest Destiny
How did they get out west?
______________________________________________________ (took
many years)
____________________ – Oregon, California, and Santa Fe
_________________________– after Civil War – took many people west
Why did they go out West?
Gold Rush – _____________________________ (49ers)
______________ – fertile, cheap and lots of farmers, ranchers, and pioneers
____________________ – land & fur trapping (mountain men), minerals (oil)
Spread of Christianity – missionaries – ____________________________
____________________________
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Sections of the U.S.
_________________ – pushed Christianity on Native Americans (in
New Spain a.k.a. American West)
_________________________ – pastors assigned a circuit & would
have to visit each church in that circuit; they rode on horseback to each
destination
Original U.S. (1783) – land between Atlantic and Mississippi River (except FL)
Louisiana Purchase (1803) – ______________________
_________________________ (1818) – upper mid-west
Florida (1819) – bought from Spain
Texas Annex (1845) – ________________________________
Mexican Cession (1848) – ________________________ after Mexican War
________________________(1846) – treaty with Britain to split the land
______________________ (1853) – southern AZ & NM – bought from Mexico
Problems with Manifest Destiny
__________________________ on reservations – moved from homes;
cause Indian Wars on Plains
New States – ___________________________________________?
__________________________________________ – Mexican War & other
countries controlled the land
Summary: