Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

 Belief America should expand from coast to coast  President James K. Polk used this as his campaign idea  Other presidents had also believed the same thing

Moving West

Fur Trappers went first blazing trails across the Rocky Mountains Men like Jim Bridger, Jim Beckwourth, Jedediah Smith brought civilization into the wilderness

Pioneers & Settlers followed the Mountain Men

They brought their families for a new life.

They moved to the valleys of Oregon, Utah, & California in the 1840’s & 1850’s

Trails Westward

Oregon Trail Mormon Trail California Trail Sante Fe Trail

Religious Freedom :Mormons go The Great Salt Lake in Utah

Mormons murdered by mobs of angry citizens

Mormon Journey Westward

Mormon leader Brigham Young leads the west to escape bad treatment

Stephen F. Austin & Sam Houston : Texas Revolution Leaders

Battle of San Jacinto Wins Texas Independence 1836

Republic of Texas Annexed in 1845 Mexico & Texas didn’t agree on the borders of Texas When the U.S. annexed Texas, war began between The United States & Mexico

President Polk: Wins on the promise of Manifest Destiny • Promised to add Texas • Promised to add Oregon • Promised to add California • Fifty-four forty or Fight!

Mexican War: U.S. vs Mexico 1846-1848

Gen. Zachary Taylor wins the Battle of Buena Vista

Gen. Winfield Scott Captures Mexico City

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

 Ends the Mexican War  U.S. pays Mexico $15,000,000  Mexico “cedes” gives the U.S. the Mexican Cession (California, New Mexico, agrees to The Rio Grande as the Texas border

California Gold Rush: 1849

Gold was discovered Sutter’s Mill

Miners “rushed” to California in the Gold Rush

Effects of the California Gold Rush

 California asks to become a free state & this causes more sectionalism  Californios have property taken by Americans  Native Americans die from disease and fighting  Chinese & foreign miners are forced to pay a Foreign Miner tax

Oregon Added to the Union

Great Britain & the United States agree to split the Oregon Territory President completed his promise to add Texas, Oregon, & California

Manifest Destiny Completes the United States • Gadsden Purchase added in 1853 from Mexico • Political promises by Polk help Americans to add territory • • Religious freedom urges Mormons to move west Economic opportunities brings people to find farmland or gold