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MANIFEST DESTINYMANIFEST DESTINYSea to Shining SeaSea to Shining Sea
Westward ExpansionWestward Expansion
• As population expands, Americans look WEST.• Manifest Destiny: US was destined (God’s will) to expand to
the Pacific Ocean• People moved for…
1) Land 2) Business Opportunity3)Escape religious
Persecution (Mormons)
• Westbound Travelers used Indian trade routes:• 1) Oregon Trail – from Missouri to Oregon• 2) Santa Fe Trail – from Missouri to New Mexico• 3) Mormon Trail – Led by Joseph Smith & later Brigham Young.
Mormons headed to Utah
Texas Independence
• 1820: Americans settle in Spanish Texas • 1821: Mexico gains independence from Spain, Mexico
welcomes Americans (economic growth & stability)• 1830: More Americans than Mexicans in the territory, American
settlers & Mexicans clash over slavery
• 1835: Stephen Austin starts Texas independence movement
• Mexican Pres. Santa Anna sends army to stop Austin’s mvmnt
Remember the Alamo!Remember the Alamo!
• 1836: American troops enter the Alamo, Santa Anna’s troops attack & win
• Later, 300 American rebels were executed by Santa Anna• In response, Sam Houston leads rebels & capture Santa Anna,
forcing him to sign the Treaty of VelascoTreaty of Velasco• Texas gets independence, Houston becomes President of
Republic of Texas
Mexican-American War• Pres. Polk (pro-slavery) wants Texas to join US, Texas does• Texas & Mexico having a dispute over borders (page 134)• Polk proposes new borders and wants Mexico to sell N. Mexico
& California – Mexico refuses• 1845: Small fights breakout on Texas-Mexico border, Polk asks
for declaration of war
Results of the WarResults of the War
• 1846: American settlers seize Sonoma, declare Republic of California, w/ help of American troops Mexico beaten in CA
• Mexico loses war, signs Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)• Mexico gives US land to Pacific, US will pay $15 million for land• 5 yrs later, Gadsden Purchase & Oregon allow more expansion• 1848: Gold found in California, 49ers begin mining gold• CA economy booming! “Go West Young Man” is new slogan
The Gold RushThe Gold Rush
• Gold found in Sutter’s Mill, CA – 1848• Migration
– 1848: 400 – 1850: 44,000
“The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the baker his loaf, and the tapster (bar-tender) his bottle. All were off to the mines… I have only a community of women left, and a gang of prisoners, with here and there a soldier who will give his captain the slip at first chance. I don’t blame the fellow a whit; seven dollars a month, while others (prospectors) are making two or three hundred a day!” – Walter Colton
“Go West, Young Man”
- Horace Greeley
“GO WEST, YOUNG MAN!”
- Horace Greeley