Transcript The Changing Workplace

Market Revolution
9.1
Entrepreneurial Spirit
 Capitalism
 Entrepreneurs
New Inventions
 Vulcanized Rubber – Charles Goodyear
 Sewing Machine
Communications
 Telegraph
 What is that?
Transportation
 Canals
 Railroads
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Offered speed
Operate in winter
Brought things to people that live inland
Northeast became center of commerce and shipping
Manifest Destiny
9.2
American Mission
 1840’s America began moving west
 They believed moving west and south was their destiny
and ordained by God.
 1845
 United States Annexed Texas
 Believed they were supposed to move to the Pacific and
Mexico
Black Hawk War
 Black Hawk believes in a Prophecy – Early 1830’s
 Prophecy convinces him to lead a rebellion against the
U.S.
 Started in Illinois and spread to Wisconsin Territory
 Ended in August 1832 when Illinois Militia members
slaughtered more than 200 Sauk and Fox people
Fort Laramie Treaty
 Called Cheyenne, Arapaho, Sioux, Crow, and others
 1851
 Treaty provided Control of Central Plains to Indians
 Native Americans promised not to attack settlers
Santa Fe Trail
 780 Miles from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe
New Mexico
 Gathered in groups of 100 wagons
 Oregon Trail
 Ended in Portland Oregon
Mormons
 Travels on Oregon Trail
 Joseph Smith
 C.J.C. L.D.S. in 1830
 Moved in 1847 after Smith was killed
 Brigham Young was successor
9.3
Expansion in Texas
Early Missions
 Spanish Roman Catholics tried to convert natives
 Missions declined after Mexico gained independence.
 Tried to force natives into unpaid labor
 Comanche swept through Texas terrorizing people
Mexico Invites Settlers
 Land grants
 Encouraged U.S. Citizens to settle to prevent native
attacks and thieves
 Americans had to pledge to obey Mexican laws
Problems
 Tensions grew over cultural differences
 Mexico had abolished slavery & tried to make Texas a
free state
 Mexico placed a heavy tax on American imports
 Mexican Politics became unstable
 Santa Anna suspended the Mexican Constitution
Alamo!
 Texas wanted to be self governed
 Santa Anna gathered 4,000 person army
 Texas drove Mexicans from the Alamo
 Santa Anna ended up destroying the small force
Texas
 Texans struck back
 Killed 630 Mexicans in 18 minutes
 Captured Santa Anna
 Republic of Texas formed from Treaty of Velasco
 1838 U.S. was invited to Annex Texas
 Problems arose with fear of slavery
War with Mexico
9.4
Slidell’s Rejection
 1844 Santa Anna was ousted from presidency
 1845 John Slidell was sent to Mexico to purchase
California and New Mexico
 Mexican officials refused to see him
 Zachary Taylor was sent to the Rio Grande
 Wanted to spark aggression from Mexicans
Attitudes towards War
 Volunteers lined up to fight
 Many opposed war
 Slavery became the issue if Texas was taken
 Northerners opposed the War
Beginning of the War
 A party of soldiers was sent into Mexico
 Mexico responded by sending troops to the Rio
 9 soldiers were killed
 Polk asked congress to declare war
 Said U.S. troops were killed on U.S. Soil
 War was declared
 Manifest destiny could be blamed
Marching West
 Stephen Kearny was send to New Mexico
 Crossed 800 miles of nothing
 Army was met by citizens wanting to join the Union
 California
 1846 American settlers declare independence from
Mexico
 Kearny quickly chased away Mexican troops
The War
 Mexicans tried to defend their own soil
 Had very poor leadership
 U.S. had excellent commanders
 Robert E. Lee
 Ulysses S. Grant
The War Cont.
 President Polk schemes with Santa Anna
 If U.S. helps him back he will end war
 Santa Anna lies and attacks the U.S. forces at Buena
Vista
 He loses
 General Winfield Scott
 Made an amphibious landing
 10,000 men, 200 ships, and 67 ferry boats
 Completed in less than 5 hours
 Covered 200 miles and captured Mexico City
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
 Feb. 2nd 1848
 Mexico agreed to Rio boarders
 Gave away New Mexico and California
 U.S. gave 15 million for Nevada, California, New Mexico,
Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming
Gold!
 Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill
 People rushed to find gold
 Migration
 400 people in 1848-44,000 in 1850
Impact
 Gold Fever
 San Francisco became center
 1849 population goes over 100,000
 Gold Brought diversity
 Chinese
 Free Blacks
 What to do when it wanted state hood?