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Manifest Destiny Flashcards

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The belief that America should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific provided political support for territorial expansion.

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Manifest Destiny – coined by O’Sullivan

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Looking for economic opportunity in the form of land to own & farm

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reasons for people leave Coastal states

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What were people moving West looking for

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Economic opportunity in the form of land

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What are the two main ways of transportation that helped people move west?

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Railroads & Canals

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Settled in the West and worked first in the Gold Mines. After the Civil War, they began to work on the Transcontinental Railroad. The Americans discriminate against them.

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Chinese

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Settle in the North and work in factories and on canals. They are discriminated against because they are Catholic, not Protestant.

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Irish

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American pioneers who become stranded on the voyage west & resort to cannibalism.

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The Donner Party

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  • Thomas Jefferson is president
  • Purchases it from Napoleon (France) for 15 million dollars
  • He originally only wanted New Orleans so that he could control the Mississippi River
  • Ends up with all the land (Napoleon needs money for his war)
  • Lewis and Clark explore the territory
    With the help of Sacagawea
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Louisiana Purchase (1803)

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America bought present-day Florida from Spain and established a border between the Louisiana Territory and Mexico (1821)

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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What does Andrew Jackson have to do with Florida

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Forces Seminole’s in reservations in the center of Florida

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  • Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829 and required all immigrants to convert to Roman Catholicism
  • Americans flat-out ignored this & kept on coming, bringing their slaves with them!
  • By 1830, white settlers and their slaves outnumber Mexicans 3 to 1
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Reasons for Friction in Texas

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Becomes dictator of Mexico in 1834

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General Santa Anna

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  • Sam Houston leads a revolt and declares Texas to be an independent republic
  • Santa Anna doesn’t like this AT ALL
  • (1836)
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Texas War for Independence (1836)

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  • Santa Anna took his men to the Alamo and killed every one of the defenders
  • (1836)
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  • Lone Star State
  • 6 flags flew over Texas – Spain, France, Mexico, - the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States, and the United States.
  • Only state that was an independent nation
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Texas in 1836

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  • Runs his campaign on annexing Texas, Oregon, and California.
  • “Manifest Destiny” President
  • He wins. And immediately goes after Texas.
  • 1845: Texas Annexation
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1845 - President POLK!

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  • STILL arguing over boundaries with Canada
  • Remnants of the US-British feud – War of 1812, Revolutionary War, etc.
  • American Webster & British Ashburton came up with the Webster-Ashburton Treaty in 1842 that settled the dispute between Canada and Maine
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Maine - 1842

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  • Polk sends troops led by Zachary Taylor down to Texas to protect the border– just in case
  • Mexican troops cross the border & attack those troops.
  • “American blood shed on American soil!”
  • Polk uses this as an excuse to go to WAR!
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Mexican – American War 1846 - 1848

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  • Robert E. Lee
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Zachary Taylor
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Civil War Leaders Important to Civil War

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  • Gold was found in 1848!
  • 1849 Gold Rush
  • About 300,000 people flocked to the state
  • At first gold nuggets could be picked off the ground
  • Then recovered from streams and riverbeds during a process called panning – then mining.
  • Most returned home empty-handed, losing more money than they made.
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California

21
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America claims it should get Oregon because of:
- Manifest destiny
- The Lewis & Clark Expedition
- They have a trading post there since 1811
- They have more than 5,000 settlers there
- In 1846 – it became part of the United States

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Oregon

22
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  • The American victory over the British in the War of 1812 procured a claim to the Oregon Territory. 54;40 or fight is President Polk’s slogan to win the territory from Great Britain.
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Oregon Country (1846)

23
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  • Gadsden purchase - territory south of New Mexico
  • 10 million dollars for the southern border of New Mexico & Arizona
  • We purchased this land because Southerners wanted a transcontinental railroad
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Southern Arizona (1853)

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