MANIFEST DESTINY Map of United States Circa 1830
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MANIFEST DESTINY Map of United States Circa 1830
Buffalo, Nativemovement westward, right to left flow, light to dark “Columbia” Americans and Star of Empire represents the other wild game on her United States flee in the faceforehead of and the storm ofschool book western in her hand expansion Telegraph wires Modes of transportation to the west Pony Express, gold A City with all of its miners, and farmers amenities indicates illustrate progress civilization and progress
What is Manifest Destiny? 3 American Progress Color Lithograph by George A. Crofutt and John Gast
What is “Manifest Destiny” 4 Belief that it is Americans’ God-given duty to expand from coast to coast •
US Territorial Expansion 5 When? • 1776 From Where? • Great Britain A - 13 Original Colonies How? • US declared independence from Great Britain A
US Territorial Expansion 6 When? • 1783 From Where? • Great Britain B - Western Lands How? • Part of Treaty of Paris (ended Revolutionary War) A B
US Territorial Expansion 7 When? • 1803 From Where? • France C - Louisiana Purchase How? • Napoleon needed $ • Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans • He got all of this instead! C A B
US Territorial Expansion 8 When? • 1819 From Where? • Spain D - Florida How? • Andrew Jackson invaded • Spain then sold it to us for $5 million C A B D
US Territorial Expansion 9 When? E - Texas • 1845 From Where? • Republic of Texas (Independent Country) How? • Texas independent from Mexico in 1836 • Gained independence to become part of US C E A B D
US Territorial Expansion 10 When? F - Oregon Territory • 1846 From Where? • Great Britain How? • Claimed by four countries (Britain, Russia, Spain, & US) • Americans demanded “ 54° 40’ or fight!” • Britain compromised 49° & US accepted F C E A B D
US Territorial Expansion 11 When? G - Mexican Cession • 1848 From Where? • Mexico How? • Polk offers to buy G from Mexico & they refuse • War! • US wins • In Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, US offers $15 million for G F G C E A B D
Americans v. Native Americans 12 • • • How did American’s justify taking these lands? Americans and Native Americans saw land very differently. Native Americans share land, don’t own it. Americans saw this as “unused” or “wasted” land. Americans wanted to “improve” the land divide it up and use it. This was the root of all of the bad parts of Manifest Destiny.
13 Is Manifest Destiny Good or Bad? Good? U. S. powerful world leader Protect our freedom Americans more freedoms than any other country Bad? Native American genocide? Expand slavery? Mexican land?