Chapter 2 4 MANIFEST DESTINY AND CRISIS PGS

Chapter 2. 4 MANIFEST DESTINY AND CRISIS PGS. 104 - 113

Manifest Destiny �Pushing West People start moving west � There is fertile land & business opportunities � There also Native Americans & other countries �Texas & Oregon Mexico wanted immigration into Texas “Remember the Alamo!” “ 54° 40’ or Fight! �What is a possible consequence of our actions in Texas and Oregon?

Cont. �War with Mexico And then there was fighting… Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo � US Get 500, 000 sq. miles of land � Mexico gets $18. 25 million (about $. 06 pre acre)

Slavery and Western Expansion �The Impact of the War with Mexico How do you decide if slavery should be allowed in the new land? Popular Sovereignty �Struggle for a Compromise “There’s gold in them there hills!” The Compromise of 1850 �The Fugitive Slave Act Can you really make the people obey a law the police don’t even want to enforce?

Cont. �New Territorial Troubles Kansas Nebraska Act � Let the people in these areas decide the slavery question � Nebraska was certain to go free, what about Kansas? “Bleeding Kansas” � If everyone knows the question of slavery will be decided by popular vote, what might people do to try and tip the outcome their way? � As more people pour into the state violence increases � Potawatomie Creek

The Crisis Deepens �Sectional Division Grows Dred Scott v. Sanford �John Brown’s Raid Plan was to capture the Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry Slaves would come to him, take the weapons & launch a rebellion Brown is captured & executed This is a White man leading a rebellion to free Black men

The Civil War �This takes us up to the Civil War �We will not be studying this It is extremely important You’ve already done it in 8 th grade We have an excellent Junior/Senior class on it