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Goal 2: Expansion and Reform (1801- 1850) - The learner will assess the competing forces of expansionism, nationalism, and sectionalism. Objective 2.01: Analyze the effects of Objective 2.01: Analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admission of territorial expansion and the admission of new states to the Union. new states to the Union.

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Goal 2: Expansion and Reform (1801-1850) - The learner will assess the competing forces of expansionism,

nationalism, and sectionalism.

Objective 2.01: Analyze the effects of territorial Objective 2.01: Analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admission of new states to the expansion and the admission of new states to the

Union.Union.

Manifest Destiny

Westward Expansion “America’s god-given right to expand West” East Coast to West

Coast

Why People Moved West

Religious Freedom Running from the law

or debt To own land To get rich (’49ers) Get a new start To be free

Trails West

Oregon Trail = immigration trail

Mormon Trail = immigration trail

Santa Fe Trail = trade route

1803-1806

Lewis & Clark Expedition explore the Louisiana Territory

Corps of Discovery

1st Americans to see the Pacific Ocean

". . . the object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such ". . . the object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, and such principal streams of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of principal streams of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of

the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river, the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river, may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across this may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across this

continent for the purposes of commerce . . ." continent for the purposes of commerce . . ."

1811

The National Road connects Cumberland, Maryland with Columbus Ohio & continues westward.

1825

The Erie Canal connect the Atlantic Ocean & the Great Lakes.

Called the “Big Ditch”, it greatly improved shipping.

1835

American farmers in Texas begin a war of rebellion against Mexico.

Americans want more representation in the Mexican gov’t. Sound familiar?

1837

John Deere produces the steel plow, which now allows farmers to burst through the tough prairie soil known as sod.

1837

Cyrus McCormick produces the mechanical reaper allowing farmers to greatly reduce the amount of labor needed to harvest their grain crops.

In 1841 it took sixty-five hours to produce one acre of wheat; in 1941, it takes only two and one-half hours to do the same job.

1842

The Oregon territory opens for settlement; many would-be settlers travel along the 2,000 mile pathway across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains known as the Oregon Trail.

Life on the Oregon Trail

The Donner Party

Immigrants moving to Immigrants moving to California 1848California 1848

Lost in Sierra Nevada Lost in Sierra Nevada Mtns. Mtns.

Terrible hardships, Terrible hardships, forced to eat forced to eat anything…anything…

Tastes like chicken

1844

James K. Polk used the slogan 54-40 or Fight! To push for the annexation of Oregon territory.

This settles the US National Border at that latitude line.

1847

Led by Brigham Young, the Mormons end their journey along the Mormon Trail at the shores of the Great Salt Lake in the Utah Territory.

Traveled west to escape religious persecution.

1848

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gives all Mexican land north of the Rio Grande River to the USA.

Treaty officially ends the Mexican-American War, but causes more problems for the USA.

1850

Bavarian-born Levi Strauss patents & sells a new style of work trousers made from French fabric known as denim or genes cloth to many of the gold miners arriving in California.

War for Texas Independence1835-1836

Texas fights for independence from Mexico

1821: Mexico gains its independence from Spain

1821: Mexico invites American to settle in Texas

Americans would serve as buffers against Native Americans

War for Texas Independence1835-1836

1825: Stephen Austin established a successful American colony in Texas

1830: Mexico closed its borders to American settlers

1833: Stephen Austin asks Pres. Santa Anna (Mexico) for more self government & is put in jail.

American settlers wanted a say in the Mexican gov’t.

Sound familiar???????

War for Texas Independence1835-1836

1835: Battle of the Alamo American are slaughtered by

Santa Anna’s army Daniel Boone Jim Bowie

1836: Battle of San Jacinto Led by Sam Houston,

Americans attack Mexico – “Remember the Alamo!!”

War for Texas Independence1835-1836

1836: Treaty of Velasco Texas gains independence from Mexico & becomes its own country

1838: Sam Houston asks the US to annex Texas Annex = “to take”

1845: Texas becomes the 28th states in the USA Will it be a free state or a slave state?!?!?

1845: Us asks to buy California & New Mexico from Mexico for $25 million Mexico refuses & is mad

Still upset over Texas

1/1846: US Pres. Polk sent American troops to Southern Texas to protect disputed territory – 16 Americans die

Polk knew there would be American casualties & hoped it would compel Congress to declare war

Mexican-American War1846-1848

5/1846: Congress declares war on Mexico

North worried more slave states will enter the Union!!

Southerners support the war

6/1846: California declares independence from Mexico & becomes the Bear Flag Republic.

8/1847: US troops capture the capital of Mexico (Mexico City)

Mexican-American War1846-1848

2/1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ends Mex.-Am. War US gets California, New

Mexico & Utah territories for $15 million

We originally offered Mexico $25 million!

Rio Grande River becomes southern border of Texas