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Manifest Destiny America Expands Westward In your own words, what is “destiny?”
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| Date | 19.01.2019 | | Size | 9.1 Mb. | | #75815 |
| Manifest Destiny In your own words, what is “destiny?” - In your own words, what is “destiny?”
- The definition of “manifest” is:
- In the mid-1800s, Americans believed they had a clear destiny to expand across the continent, from sea to shining sea
- “Eastward I go only by force, but westward I go free.”- Henry David Thoreau
Write this on a piece of paper that will become your “Manifest Destiny DBQ”! - Write this on a piece of paper that will become your “Manifest Destiny DBQ”!
- Other Reasons for Westward Expansion:
- Escape religious persecution
- Find new markets for trade
- Claim land for farming, ranching, and mining
- Locate Pacific harbors
- Spread democracy!
Writing a DBQ - A DBQ is a Document-Based Question
- You must read and analyze primary/secondary source documents to help answer a historical question
- After reading the documents, you develop an argument (thesis) to answer the question
- The point is to show that you can read and analyze documents and DEFEND YOUR ARGUMENT!
- These are designed to be about 5 paragraphs…. We will start with just planning, then 3, then 5!
Manifest Destiny DBQ Planning - The Question
- The Thesis
- A thesis is the main ARGUMENT of the paper
- How can you make a historical argument?
- Introduction
- This includes background information about your topic
- (In this case, you need to address how/why Manifest Destiny developed in America in the 1800s)
- 3 Points
- This essay lays them out for you
- For each point, you need to include solid information FROM THE DOCUMENTS and from your PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE to support your argument
- In your planning, write bullet points for now but include PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS (see the board)
- The Conclusion (This will come later…)
- How are these ideas of “Manifest Destiny” reflected in the following pieces of artwork?
- “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” by Emanuel Leutze
Sectional Differences Emerge - Sectional Differences Emerge
- Missouri Territory applies for statehood
- Why is this a problem?
- There are an equal number of slave/free states, Missouri would tip the balance
- Henry Clay – Missouri
- Compromise (1820)
- Missouri = slave
- Maine = free (split from Massachusetts)
- 36-30 line: north= free, south = slave
Missouri Compromise Texan Independence Primary Source Activity - For Documents A-D answer the following questions (COMPLETE SENTENCES!):
- Who wrote it? (Name, Mexican or American, Date)
- According to this document, why did Texans decide to declare independence in 1836?
- Do you trust the perspective of this document? Why or why not?
- Conclusion: Based on all 4 documents, do you think the Texans were justified in declaring independence?
Expansion, Conflict, & War in Texas 1. Why did Mexico want Americans to settle in Texas? - 1. Why did Mexico want Americans to settle in Texas?
- To help defend and develop the province economically
- 2. Why did Americans want to settle in Texas?
- Abundant, cheap, fertile land with a small population
- Expansion & Conflict in Texas
3. What brought American settlers into conflict with the Mexican government? - 3. What brought American settlers into conflict with the Mexican government?
- They did not convert to Roman Catholicism (remained Protestants) & they ignored Mexico’s ban on slavery
- 4. What happened at the Alamo?
- Texas rebelled against Mexican rule
- Santa Anna attacks the Alamo to put down the rebellion
- 12 days of fighting, Mexico wins, then kills every prisoner; “Remember the Alamo!” * Video
5. Why was the U.S. at first reluctant to annex Texas? - 5. Why was the U.S. at first reluctant to annex Texas?
- Northern Democrats did not want to add another big, powerful slave state
6. What promises did Polk make to help him win the election (of 1844)? - 6. What promises did Polk make to help him win the election (of 1844)?
- To make Northern Democrats happy, he promises to get all of Oregon from Great Britain or go to war; *“54-40 or Fight!”*
- Why did Polk need to satisfy the interests of Northerners specifically?
7. What did Polk do that left many Northern Democrats feeling betrayed? - 7. What did Polk do that left many Northern Democrats feeling betrayed?
- To avoid war with Great Britain, Polk compromised on Oregon in order to fight Mexico (British kept what became British Columbia)
- The Mexican-American War 1846-1848
America Achieves Manifest Destiny - EQ: How did America achieve its “Manifest Destiny?”
What formally ended the Mexican-American War? - What formally ended the Mexican-American War?
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- (Mexican Cession)
- US adds 1.2 million square miles
- Mexico was humiliated by the treaty, bitter toward US for many years
US added more territory with the Gadsden Purchase (1853) - US added more territory with the Gadsden Purchase (1853)
- Bought from Mexico, consisted of the southern parts of Arizona & New Mexico
- Needed to run transcontinental RR
- How is this further contributing to
- Manifest Destiny?
What issue continued to divide the nation? - What issue continued to divide the nation?
- SLAVERY, and its expansion
- Whig Congressman David Wilmot proposes the Wilmot Proviso:
- Proposed law would ban slavery in all lands won from Mexico
- Law DID NOT pass
- Lands won from Mexico increased North/South tensions
- Proposed in Congress for 15 more years
- Why do you think the Wilmot Proviso didn’t pass?
President James K. Polk = “Expansionist President” - President James K. Polk = “Expansionist President”
- Polk SUPPORTS Manifest Destiny
The California Gold Rush - The California Gold Rush
- What was it?
- Mass migration to California after the discovery of gold in 1848
- Who was involved?
- “49ers” = Gold Rush miners
- Where did they come from?
- Across the US & other Pacific Rim nations (South America, China)
The California Gold Rush - Effects - The California Gold Rush - Effects
- Conditions of the camps
- Crowded, poor sanitation, violence
- Population boom of…
- San Francisco
- Groups facing discrimination
- Indians, Chinese, & Mexicans; taxed, terrorized
The California Gold Rush - Effects - The California Gold Rush - Effects
- ____________ applies for statehood…
- California
- Increases the debate over…
- Slavery
- 15 free states, 15 slave
- Would later lead to the…
- Civil War
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