Manifest Destiny
• U.S. had a DEVINE mission to expand in order to spread the ideals of freedom and democracy.

Manifest Destiny
• Native Americans?
• Mexicans?
• Sectional Tension?

Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny
• First Settlers: o explorers, trappers, traders
• Brigham Young o 1846 – Salt Lake o Escape persecution

Manifest Destiny
• By 1853: o present boundaries

Manifest Destiny
• By 1853: o present boundaries
• How did we get there?

Manifest Destiny
• 1803 –
• Louisiana Purchase
(see previous notes)

Manifest Destiny
• 1819 – Florida!
• Adams – Onis Treaty
• From Spain
• Spain is out of N.A.

Manifest Destiny
• 1845 – TEXAS!
o Also parts of New
Mexico, Oklahoma,
Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas from
Mexico

Manifest Destiny
• 1821 – Mexico declares independence from
Spain.

Manifest Destiny
• Southern slave holders move into
Texas

Manifest Destiny
• 1836 – Texas declares independence from
Mexico o o
Republic of Texas
DON’T Mess with
Texas!

Manifest Destiny
• 1845 – Statehood
(slave)

Manifest Destiny – Mexican Cession
• 1848 – Mexican Cession

Manifest Destiny – Mexican Cession
• California, Nevada,
Utah, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado,
Wyoming

Manifest Destiny – Mexican Cession
• The Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican –
American War (1846 –
1848)

Manifest Destiny – Mexican Cession
• Mexican War –
Mexico objected to the Texas Annexation
(statehood)

Manifest Destiny – Mexican Cession
• President James
Polk = We want
California!
• Mexico :<

Manifest Destiny – Mexican Cession
• Expansionists: love it! Fulfill Manifest
Destiny!
• Northerners: No more slave states!
• Lincoln: war of conquest”

Manifest Destiny - Oregon Country
• 1846 – Treaty with
Great Britain (46
Parallel)

Manifest Destiny – Gadsden Purchase
• 1853 – Gadsden
Purchase
• Mexico = $10 Million
• Possible Railroad route