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Manifest Destiny
  • Chapter 9 Q

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Period 5
  • Period 5 (Fourth Nine-Weeks Notebook)
  • 64. Bellwork-Jacksonian Democracy Notes 10 pts
  • 65. Reform nots
  • 66. Jacksonian Democracy study guide
  • 67. ch 9 sec 1 outline
  • 68. Manifest Destiny-bellwork and notes
  • 69. ch 9 sec 2 outline

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Bellwork page 14
  • Summarize the following quote in your own words
  • ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over
    spread and to possess the whole of the continent
    which Providence has given us for the development
    of the great experiment of liberty and
    federaltive development of self government
    entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the
    free to the space of air and the earth suitable
    for the full expansion of its principle and
    destiny of growth."- John L. O'Sullivan
    (1845) quote gathered from From Revolution to
    Reconstruction

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Bellwork Continued
  • Read the Geography and History Section on Spanish
    Missions on pages 312 and 313. Answer the
    Learning from Geography Questions on page 312

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I. Manifest Destiny
  • A. Manifest Destiny is the idea that God had
    given the continent to the Americans and wanted
    them to settle the western land to the Pacific
    Ocean.
  • B. Squatters were settlers on land they did not
    own. After a period of time squatters were able
    to purchase land from the government
  • C. The Steel Plow, the mechanical reaper and the
    combine allowed settlers to farm the west.

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II. The Pacific Coast
  • A. In 1818 the United States and Britain agreed
    to share the Oregon territory
  • B. American missionaries were sent to spread the
    Gospel to the Native Americans there- They
    convinced many Easterners to come settle the
    Oregon Terr.
  • C. California was controlled by Mexico but many
    Americans settled there.

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III. The Western Trail
  • A. By the 1840s mountain men had carved out
    passages that helped settlement of the west.
  • B. The Oregon Trail was the most popular route,
    The California Trail and Santa Fe Trail were
    other routes
  • C. Emigrants traveled westward in covered wagons
    called Conestoga wagons.
  • D. Travel was dangerous

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IV. The Mormon Migration
  • A. The Mormons were a religious group led by
    Brigham Young.
  • B. They made their way on the Mormon Trail
  • C. The Mormons settled in Utah and settled Salt
    Lake City.

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V. Native Americans
  • A. Travelers feared indian attacks.
  • B. There were relatively few indian attacks
  • C. Native Americans actually helped many
    settlers.
  • D. Western tribes were the Sioux, Cheyenne and
    Arapaho
  • E. The Treaty of Fort Laramie was when the U.S.
    Govt. and 8 Indian groups agreed

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