9 2 Manifest Destiny Americans move west energized

9. 2 Manifest Destiny Americans move west, energized by their belief that the destiny of the United States was to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=jap. Rb 6 U _Fu. Q NEXT

SECTION 2 I. The Frontier Draws Settlers A. American Mission • Americans move to La. Territory • Manifest destiny —belief that U. S. destined to expand to Pacific Ocean B. Attitudes Toward the Frontier • Many settlers try fresh start in West after panic of 1837 • Offered land for farming • speculators buy land in hopes to resell for profit • Merchants follow farmers, miners • Oregon Territory harbors expand trade with Asia; serve Pacific fleet NEXT

SECTION 2 II. Settlers and Native Americans A. Effects on Native American Communities • Most N. Ams maintain culture, fight to keep whites out • Some assimilate into white culture • Assimilation- a minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture B. Middle Ground • Area not dominated by N. Ams or settlers • west of Mississippi, result of Indian Removal Act Continued. . . NEXT

http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=j. Xjs. Zc 1 my 1 o SECTION 2 III. Trails West A. The Santa Fe Trail/ Oregon Trail • Thousands trek west on old Native American trails, new routes Continued. . . NEXT

SECTION 2 B. The Mormon Migration • Joseph Smith forms Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in NY • Mormons —religious group, settles in Illinois; clashes over polygamy • Brigham Young, Smith’s successor, leads Mormons outside U. S. - settle near Great Salt Lake, Utah C. Resolving Territorial Disputes • 1842, Webster-Ashburton Treaty settles border in East, Midwest between US and G. B. • “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!” slogan calls for annexation of Oregon • 1846, U. S. , Britain extend boundary west along 49 th parallel NEXT