Manifest Destiny was the 19th century belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. This expansion often occurred by taking lands belonging to Native Americans and Mexicans, which some white Americans viewed as inferior peoples. President James K. Polk was a key proponent of Manifest Destiny, adding more territory to the U.S. than any other president through acquisitions like the Oregon Territory, Mexican Cession, and $15 million purchase of California from Mexico after the Mexican-American War.

1. MANIFEST DESTINY

2. WHAT IS MANIFEST DESTINY??

MANIFEST DESTINY
WAS THE BELIEF
THAT AMERICANS
HAD THE RIGHT TO
EXPAND THEIR
TERRITORY FROM
OCEAN TO OCEAN

3. WHAT IS MANIFEST DESTINY??


THIS PICTURE
CALLED “AMERICAN
PROGRESS” WAS
PAINTED BY JOHN
GAST
THE WOMAN
REPRESENTS
AMERICA MOVING
WESTWARD AND
TAKING OVER LAND
FOR THEMSELVES

4. WAS MANIFEST DESTINY FAIR??


MANIFEST DESTINY HAD
A NEGATIVE SIDE. MANY
WHITE AMERICANS
BELIEVED THAT THEY
WERE SUPERIOR TO
NATIVE AMERICANS AND
MEXICANS.
THEY USED THIS BELIEF
TO JUSTIFY TAKING
LANDS BELONGING TO
PEOPLE THEY
CONSIDERED INFERIOR

5. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
•1776
A - 13 Original
Colonies
From Where?
•Great Britain
A
Why?
•US declared
independence
from Great
Britain

6. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
1783
From Where?
Great Britain
Why?
Part of results
of Treaty of
Paris (ended
Revolutionary
War)
B - Western Lands
A
B

7. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
1803
From Where?
C - Louisiana
Purchase
France
Why?
Napoleon
needed $
Jefferson wanted
to buy New
Orleans
He got all of this
instead!
C
A
B

8. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
1819
From Where?
Spain
D - Florida
Why?
Andrew
Jackson
invaded
Spain then sold
it to us for $5
million
C
B
A
D

9. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
1845
From Where?
E - Texas
Republic of Texas (Independent Country)
Why?
Texas was
annexed (added to
the U.S.in 1845)
Northerners feared
it would become a
slave state
C
B
A
E
D

10. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
1846
From Where?
F - Oregon Territory
F
Great Britain
Why?
Britain
compromised
49° & US
accepted
C
B
A
E
D

11. MANIFEST DESTINY FROM OCEAN TO
OCEAN (HOW THE U.S. GREW FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN)
When?
1848
From Where?
Mexico
Why?
Polk offers to buy G
from Mexico & they
refuse
War between the U.S
and Mexico/US wins
In Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, US offers $15
million for G
G - Mexican Cession
F
C
G
B
A
E
D

12. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
MAINFEST DESTINY???


HE ADDED MORE
TERRITORY TO THE
U.S. THAN ANY
OTHER P.O.T.U.S
POLK HAD A 4POINT PLAN FOR
HIS TIME IN OFFICE.
HE ACCOMPLISHED
ALL FOUR GOALS IN
FOUR YEARS

13. WHAT WERE JAMES K POLK'S FOUR
GOALS???
1. SETTLE THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE
OREGON TERRITORY WITH GREAT BRITAIN
2. BRING CALIFORNIA INTO THE UNITED
STATES
3. SET UP AN INDEPENDENT TREASURY TO
FIX THE CREDIT MESS MADE BY ANDREW
JACKSON
4. LOWER TARIFFS

14. WHO WAS LISTENING TO THE
TEACHER????
1. WHAT WAS MANIFEST DESTINY???
2. HOW MUCH DID THE U.S. PAY FOR
FLORIDA??
3. WHAT COUNTRY DID THE U.S. GO TO WAR
WITH OVER CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO
4. HOW MUCH DID THE U.S. PAY FOR
CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO (MEXICAN
CESSION)??