Western Expansion Manifest Destiny Fur Trade Beaver Pelts

Western Expansion Manifest Destiny

Fur Trade • Beaver Pelts

Hats

Rendezvous

Mountain Man Rendezvous 1826 to 1840 Trade and Barter for goods. Many of the mountainmen left without much more than supplies for the coming year

John Colter • Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition • Colter’s Hell Yellowstone

Colter’s Run

Manifest Destiny historical expansionist doctrine: the doctrine or belief prevalent in the 19 th century that the United States had the God-given right to expand into and possess the whole of the North American continent

James Monroe • 5 th President of the United States • Missouri Compromise • Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine • Nations in the Western Hemisphere were inherently different than those of Europe, republics by nature rather than monarchies. • The American continents (North and South) should not be considered for future colonization by any European power.

The Monroe Doctrine • The United States would regard any attack on Country in the Western Hemisphere by European Powers as an attack on the United States. • The United States would not interfere in European affairs.

Eli Whitney’s invention of the Cotton Gin led to the spread of the slavery-based “cotton kingdom” in the Deep South. Eli Whitney Cotton Gin

Westward Expansion • American settlers moved westward from the coastal states into the Midwest, Southwest, and Texas, seeking economic opportunity in the form of land to own and farm. • The growth of the railroads and canals helped the growth of an industrial economy and supported the westward movement of settlers.

Missouri Compromise • Acquisition of Florida in 1819

Missouri Compromise • Admission of Maine into the Union in 1820