Unit 5: Growth, Reform and Division
Day 1: Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny:
Name: __________________________
Date:__________________
Handout w/picture (keep this with your notes)
What is Manifest Destiny?
What technologies do you think would be necessary to help Westward expansion?
Regions Create Differences
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The __________________ continued to develop
_________________ while the South and West
continued to be more _____________________
The Industrial Revolution reached America by the
early-mid 19th century
________________________ first to embrace
______________system, especially in
______________ (fabric) mills
West
North
South
Meanwhile, the South continued to grow as an agricultural power
___________________ invention of the ______________________ (1793)
made producing cotton even more profitable
The South became a _________________________
More labor was needed – 1790 = 700,000 slaves …………..1820 = 1,500,000 slaves
Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism
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Economic differences created political tension between North & South
The industrial North ___________________ high protective tariffs to protect
Northern manufactured goods from foreign competition.
NORTH on
SOUTH on
The agricultural South __________________high
tariffs
tariffs
tariffs that made the price of imports more expensive.
As the regions moved apart, politicians attempted to keep
nation together
House Speaker Henry Clay’s ______________________
called for a protective tariff, a National Bank, and an improved infrastructure to
help travel.
The ____________________
Other technologies:
War and Expansion:
Texas and the Mexican-American War
Timeline
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Remember the Alamo!
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During the revolt against Mexican rule, American Texans moved into an old mission
known as the _________________.
After 12 days, 150 people held off an army of 6000
The Mexican troops finally scaled the walls and _________________________
________________________________________becomes a famous battle cry.
Mexican –American War
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In 1844 President James Polk, eagerly wanted to ________ Texas (make it part of
the U.S.)
Negotiations failed and U.S. troops moved
into Mexican territory
America victories soon followed, and in 1848
Mexican leader Santa Anna admitted defeat
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed – U.S.
gets present-day _______________,
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California Gold Rush
_____________ is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in
California in __________. Folks who rushed to San
Francisco in 1849 became known as ____________