Ch 17 Manifest Destiny
Theme: American expansionism gained momentum in
the 1840s, leading first to the acquisition of Texas and
Oregon, and then to the Mexican War, which added
vast southwestern territories to the United States and
ignited the slavery question.
Theme: American international prestige grows as the
United States expands. Successful military campaigns
against Mexico along with well negotiated treaties with
Britain force Europe to respect America more while
Latin America begins to be wary of the “Colossus of
the North.”
I. Tyler Struggles
A.
Election of 1840
1. “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”
B.
President Tyler
1.
Struggles with Whigs
a.
b.
c.
2.
Veto 3rd BUS (2x) and two
years for a tariff!
9/11/41 Resignations and
expulsion
Impeachment attempt
(House vote 83-147)
Struggles with British
a.
b.
c.
d.
Caroline Incident, 1837
Aroostock War, 1838
Creole Incident, 1841
Webster-Ashburton Treaty,
1842
II. Polk Flourishes
A. “Manifest Destiny”
1. “sea to shining sea” JQA
1818
2. John L. Sullivan
3. Thomas Hart Benton
B. Election of 1844
1. Expansionists Democrats
a. “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”
2. Clay undecided on Texas
3. Liberty Party
4. After election: Tyler
annexes TX as lame duck
C. Presidency-COIL
American Progress
by John Gast (1872)
III. Oregon
A. International Dispute
1. Adams-Onis Treaty
2. AFT Co. on Columbia
River
B. American Migration
1.
2.
3.
4.
Oregon Trail (Jed Smith)
17 miles per day
5000 in Willamette Valley
Whitmans
C. British Dispute
1. Proposed 49th parallel
2. South happy with Joint
Resolution in Texas
3. Oregon Treaty, 1846
IV. Mexican War
A.
B.
C.
Texas Republic, 1836
Texas Annexation, 1845
Causes of War
1.
2.
3.
D.
Mexican anger over annexation
Boundary dispute
Payment to Americans
Steps to War
1.
2.
3.
Slidell’s Mission
Zachary Taylor to Rio
War Message
a.
b.
Lincoln’s “spot resolutions”
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
(1849)
V. Impact
A. Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
A. Provisions
1.
2.
3.
4.
CA, NM, AZ, UT, and NV
$15 and $3,250,000
Bitter Debate
Wilmot Proviso
B. Impact
A.
B.
C.
D.
Huge territory increase!
Manifest Destiny Increased!
“Colossus of the North”
“Civil War Pre-game”
Map Questions
(use the maps and charts in chapter 17 to answer the questions)
1. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty line settled the boundary between the
American state of Maine and which two Canadian provinces?
2. The part of the Oregon Country that was in dispute between the United
States and Britain lay between what two boundaries?
3. How many degrees and minutes of latitude were the northern and southern
boundaries of the whole Oregon Country?
4. Stephen Kearny’s invasion route from Fort Leavenworth to Los Angeles led
him across what three rivers?
5. Name any three of the cities within present-day Mexico that were occupied
by the armies of generals Taylor or Scott.
Map Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Quebec and New Brunswick
Columbia River and the forty-ninth parallel
12 degrees 40’
Rio Grande, Gila, and the Colorado
Three of the following: Matamoros, Monterey, Vera Cruz, and Mexico City