Manifest Destiny The Beginnings Manifest Destiny Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
The Beginnings… • Manifest Destiny • Louisiana Purchase – Lewis and Clark • Problems • The Change
Florida
Texas War for Independence • Steps leading to war: – Mexico won their independence from Spain in 1821 • Wanted trade with the U. S. and encourage U. S. immigration to Texas (a part of Mexico) – Stephen Austin leads a group of Americans to TX • Main job of Americans = farming cotton • By 1835, over 30, 000 Americans in TX – More Americans = harder for the Mexican government to control them
Texas War for Independence • Outbreak of War – After Mexico threatens to abolish slavery, Americans in TX declare independence – Mexican government strips Americans of their rights and mobilizes an army – Mexican troops led by General Santa Anna attack the Alamo • Americans try to stall; know they will lose, but fight their hardest
Texas
Texas War for Independence • While Americans are buying time fighting at the Alamo, Sam Houston is able to organize a Texan army • He leads the Americans to victory in numerous locations • Battle of San Jacinto: with American victory here, Santa Anna is captured and forced to grant TX their independence from Mexico
Aftermath of the War • Texas wants to become a state in the U. S. after the war • Congress says “no” because – Worried Mexico did not really consider the war over – Did not want to go to war with Mexico – Northern states did not want to add another slave state • Texas remains an independent country for over 10 years- known as the “Republic of Texas” and the “Lone Star Republic”
James K. Polk
What the U. S. wanted What the U. S. and Britain agreed on What Britain wanted
Mexican War • Began as an argument over the annexation of Texas and the border between Texas and Mexico • Many Americans (especially those in the South and West) are in favor of the war in order to gain more land • At the end of the war, we gain: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, etc.
Area Louisiana Purchase (Modern-day: MN, OK, NE, KS, MT, ID, MO) Florida Texas Oregon Mexican Cession (Modern-day: CA, NV, UT, NM, AZ, CO) Gadsden Purchase Year Acquired Country Acquired From Details
The Reform Movement
Education • What was the reform? • Key People:
Prisons/Mentally Ill • What was the reform? • Key People:
2 nd Great Awakening • What was it? • Key People:
Transcendentalism • What was it? • Key People:
Women’s Suffrage • What was it? • Key People:
Mormons • What was it? • Key People:
Utopian Communities • What was it? • Key People:
Art and Literature • What was it? • Key People:
Abolition • What was it? • Key People:
President James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson John Tyler James K. Polk Term and Party Big Events
Nationalism vs. Sectionalism • Nationalism: • Sectionalism:
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