The document discusses key aspects of Manifest Destiny and its role in westward expansion in the United States between 1800-1860. It describes Manifest Destiny as the belief that the US had the right to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Key events discussed include the Oregon Treaty of 1846 which set the border with Britain, the Mexican-American War and subsequent territorial acquisitions from Mexico, and the California Gold Rush which drew many settlers to the West.

1. Sponge
• The first ten amendments of the
Constitution are known as_____.
• Which amendment
• allowed women to vote.
• Lowered the voting age to 18
• Prohibited alcohol
• Provided equal protection under
law

2. Sponge
• The _________ _________ stated
that NO European nations will
be allowed to colonize in the
America’s.
• Describe Manifest Destiny.
• The War of 1812 was a conflict
between what two countries?

3. Sponge
• What states were acquired from
Mexico?
• For what purpose did America buy
the Gadsden Purchase?
• Name one great piece of technology
used from 1800-1860.

4. Manifest Destiny - belief that the U.S. had the right to all the
land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Manifest Destiny: Video

5. MANIFEST DESTINY

6. MANIFEST DESTINY

7. Manifest Destiny
“The American claim that it is our right
to possess the whole of the continent
which fate has given us for the
development of the great experiment of
liberty.”
John O’Sullivan, New York editor

8. Election of 1844
• Presidential candidate
James Polk believed
strongly in Manifest
Destiny, and he favored
annexing Oregon and
Texas.
• His Presidential slogans were:
President James K. Polk “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” and
“All of Oregon or None”

9. • After winning the
election, the U.S. and Great
Britain compromised by
dividing Oregon at latitude
49 degrees north.

10. How did they get there?
Oregon Trail: stretched 2,000 miles across
northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
Trip took about six months, most went in
wagon trains.

11. Mexican War – The Beginning
• The U.S. declared war on
Mexico in 1846, shortly after
annexing Texas.
MULTIMEDIA

12. Gen. Zachary Taylor
* First battle of the war.
Gen. Santa Anna

13. • Northerners opposed the war. They felt it was a Southern
attempt to add more slave states to the Union.
Balance of Power Between Free and Slave States as of 1844
Michigan Arkansas
Maine Missouri
Illinois Alabama
Free Indiana Mississippi
Slave
States Ohio Louisiana
States
Vermont Tennessee
Rhode Island Kentucky
New York Virginia
New Hampshire North Carolina
Massachusetts South Carolina
Connecticut Maryland
New Jersey Georgia Original
Pennsylvania Delaware 13 States

14. California
• Americans in California overthrew the Mexicans in 1846,
declaring the independent nation of the Bear Flag Republic.
• Soon afterwards, California joined the United States.

15. Were not done yet
• The United States wanted to
put a Railroad between the East
and the West.
• The most likely southern route
included territory still owned by
Mexico.
• The U.S. bought the area in the
Gadsden Purchase

16. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – 1848 (Video)
• Mexico recognized
the Texas-Mexico
border as the
Rio Grande.
• Mexico ceded the
Mexican Cession to
the United States.
• Today, the Mexican
Cession are the states
of CA, NV, UT, and
parts of AZ, NM, CO,
and WY.
Gadsden Purchase • The United States
The United States bought southern paid Mexico $15
NM and AZ for $10 million. million.

17. California Gold Rush
• Gold found at Sutter’s mill
• Chinese immigrated for Gold
Rush
• Many headed to California from
the east
• Great wealth and California will
ask for statehood in 1850