Title: Manifest Destiny
1Manifest Destiny
- The Texas Revolution and the War with Mexico
2The Market Revolution
- Industrialization Workers now spend on goods
produced by other workers - Specialization in agriculture raising one or
two cash crops to sell US or abroad - Market Revolution people in the US now buy
sell goods rather than making them for their own
use
3Entrepreneurship
- Capitalism private business and individuals
control the means of production - Entrepreneurs Investors in business
- Free enterprise the right to own property,
undertake business activities, and make a profit
from them. - What role did entrepreneurs play in fueling the
nations economy?
4Impact of the Market Revolution
- Identify early 19th century inventions use
pages 276-279 - How did these new inventions help the economy?
- What factors helped the Northeast become the
center of commerce in the US? - How did new inventions of this time impact the
lives of ordinary Americans?
5Free Write
- You have just come into a sum of money and have
decided to invest it in one of the new inventions
that you have been hearing about. Choose an
invention and explain the following - Why did you choose this invention for your
investment? - How do you think this invention will impact
- People
- The markets
- The overall wealth of the nation
6Identify 10 details in the painting.
7Settlers Move West
8Who Are they?
- Oregon Trail Methodists missionaries
- Mormon Trail Brigham Young and Salt Lake City,
Utah - Santa Fe Trail Trade between the US and Mexico
9Why Did they go West?
- Escape Religious Persecution
- Find new markets for trade
- Land for farming and ranching
- Locate Harbors on the Pacific
- Seek employment
- Avoid creditors
- Spread Democracy
10Native Americans
- Why did a number of Native Americans resist white
settlement on the western frontier? - What were the causes and consequences of the
Blackhawk War? - What did the Treaty of Ft. Laramie state?
- How would you characterize government response to
Native Americans in the west at this time?
11Why Land?
12The Texas Revolution
- What do these flags indicate are some of the
concerns or issues of people living in Texas?
13Mexico Encourages Settlement
- NA attacks missionaries, settlements, forced
labor - Protect northern territories
- Austin empressario land speculator
- Economy longhorns, land, settlement
14Mexico Independent Now Governs
15Requirements
- Obey Mexican Laws, observe Catholicism
- Did not Protestant, brought slaves
- Austin distance seeks self government
16Texas Revolution
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18The Texas Revolution
- Santa Anna Mexican Pres.
- Austin empressario, imprisoned
- Seals border Tax American goods
- The Alamo
- Sam Houston leads forces
- San Jacinto Mexican Defeat
- Sam Houston and the Lone Star State
19What was the Mexican View of the Alamo?
- With a partner, look at the following diary
excerpts and answer the questions provided. - You have 30 minutes to complete
- The Library Chronicle Memoirs of a Veteran of
the Two Battles of the Alamo A Mexican View of
the War in Texas
20The Debate
21The Lone Star State
- 1836 Independent Republic
- Debate over annexation could create war with
Mexico? OR extension of slavery could create
conflict - Rio Grande disputed border, Santa Anna denies
treaty - 1844 Polk - annexes
22To Annex or Not to Annex
- Adding Texas to the Union will expand the amount
of land open to slavery - If we annex Texas, we will provoke a war with
Mexico - Does annexation follow ideals expressed in the
Monroe Doctrine of respecting newly established
nations in the W. Hemisphere?
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24The War With Mexico
- Opposition to the Mexican-American War
- Read through the documents assigned to your
group. Report to the class your findings. We
will discuss the opinions on whether or not war
with Mexico was a good idea for the US at this
time.
25WAR With Mexico
26Polk the Aggressor?
- Polk Dem supporter of expansionism
- Sends military to Rio Grande explore
- Offers to purchase CA
- Santa Fe merchants falls, and CA with aid of
military - War expands into Mexico, Santa Anna out turns
on Americans
27The War
28What does the cartoon indicate about the
candidate for president? What does this tell
you about how some Americans viewed the
War with Mexico?
29Results
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo - Mexican
Cession 15mil 1848 - Gadsden Purchase 10 mil
- NOTE 1848 Sutters Mill and the California
Gold rush - What did the US gain, besides land, as a result
of the war with Mexico? - How did the War with Mexico affect the US
economically, socially, and politically?
30US TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS
Date Territory Country Acquired From How Acquired
1776 Original 13 Colonies Great Britain Declaration of Independence
1783 Treaty of Paris Great Britain Treaty ending American Revolution
1803 Louisiana Purchase France Purchased from France for 15 million
1819 Florida Cession Spain Adams-Onis Treaty
1810 1813 Western Florida Spain Annexation -
1845 Texas Texas Republic Annexation
1846 Oregon Territory Great Britain Treaties -- 1842, 1846
1848 Mexican Cession Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending Mexican War
1853 Gadsden Purchase Mexico Purchased to use for proposedsouthern transcontinental railroad
31Political Cartoon
- Look for details
- in the cartoon
- Analyze what
- might these details
- mean?
- What is the issue
- Or message the
- cartoon is trying to
- portray?
- What time period
- do you think the
- cartoonist is
- Addressing?
32Questions to Consider
- Did the US steal Texas, Mexican Lands?
- What impact did Manifest Destiny and the Monroe
Doctrine have on these events? - How does the annexation of these lands impact the
debate on slavery? - How did these events influence public opinion or
policy? - How did the Texas Revolution and the War with
Mexico affect our relationship with Mexico and
other foreign nations?
33Final Product
- H -Write an essay on how you might rewrite your
textbook. Be sure to include some of the
insights into Manifest Destiny and the Mexican
War that you have discovered by looking at the
documents. Discuss the role of individuals in
taking responsibility for government policy they
may disagree with. - CP Make a T-chart of the pros and cons of
westward expansion. Analyze the information and
argue whether or not westward expansion is a
defining point of American greatness in our
nations history.