Warm-up:

• Use your text book to find the date of the following: • Include the date they became part of the U.S.

Texas annexed to U.S.Florida annexed to U.S.Purchase of Alaska Mexican CessionGadsden PurchaseLouisiana PurchaseOregon Country

Warm-up:

• Use your text book to order the following:• Include the date they became part of the U.S.

Texas annexed to U.S. - 1845Florida annexed to U.S. - 1819Purchase of Alaska - 1867Mexican Cession - 1848Gadsden Purchase - 1853Louisiana Purchase - 1803Oregon Country - 1846

• When you see the wagon write!

• I can identify areas that were acquired to form the United States.

Annexation – (Annex)

To add a territory to your own territory(Ex. Louisiana Purchase – 1803)

Land Acquisition Map Manifest Destiny

• Locate the following on the map provided:

Texas annexed to U.S.Florida annexed to U.S.Purchase of Alaska Mexican CessionGadsden PurchaseLouisiana PurchaseOregon Country

Warm-up

• Locate the paper on or under your desk.• Follow the directions on the paper.

• I will be checking to make sure that you followed the directions.

• There are no right or wrong answers.

I can: Define Manifest Destiny

I can: Explain the reasons for Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

• http://youtu.be/ZkBKG9F8MfM

• Manifest Destiny – The belief of the U.S. government and its’

citizens that the nation’s destiny or fate to expand westward from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

The four reasons for Manifest Destiny

• Economic Reasons• Political Reasons• Social Reasons• Geographic Reasons

With a partner list 3 ECONOMIC reasons that you think contributed to Manifest Destiny.

Economic Reasons:

• New land for farmers• New trade routes (Santa Fe Trail)• Business opportunities

With a partner list 3 POLITICAL reasons that contributed to Manifest Destiny.

Political Reasons:

• Expansion of our nations borders & territory• Expansion of slavery

With a partner list 3 SOCIAL reasons that you think contributed to Manifest Destiny.

Social Reasons

• Removal of Native Americans• Refuge for persecuted groups (ex. Mormons)

With a partner list 3 GEOGRAPHIC reasons that you think contributed to Manifest Destiny.

Geographic Reasons

• Gold in California• California’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean• The Rocky Mountains made it necessary to

buy land for a railroad. (Ex. Gadsden Purchase)

Warm-up : Make a list of the present day states that can be found in the Louisiana Purchase

I can: explain the Northwest Ordinance and how it established orderly expansion of the United States

Reason for the Northwest Ordinance

• Orderly procedure for establishing territories • Procedure for applying for statehood

Northwest Ordinance Requirements

To become a state:o 5,000 men requirement who owned at

least 50 acres

o Had to have 60,000 people

o Have an established self-government

Physical Characteristics that influenced population distribution

• Pacific Ocean – allowed Asians to immigrate to California during the Gold Rush

• Gold – Population increased as settlers looked for gold

• Rocky Mountains – barrier between East and West. Led to Gadsden Purchase that enabled a railroad to be built.

Warm-up:• Read page 370 “Santa Fe Trail”• Title your notes Santa Fe Trail. • Write the question and answer in your journal.– When– Where– Who– Purpose– Describe the physical characteristics of the trail.– Who were the Americans trading with on the Santa Fe

Trail? – What shut down the Santa Fe Trail?– What did Americas increased trade with New Mexico lead

to?

Write answers on the board. – When: 1821– Where: Santa Fe, New Mexico– Who: William Becknal– Purpose: trade route to Santa Fe– Describe the physical characteristics of the trail: flat

and easy to travel on– Who were the Americans trading with on the Santa Fe

Trail: Mexico– What shut down the Santa Fe Trail: the railroad– What did Americas increased trade with New Mexico

lead to: War with Mexico because of the valuable territory

I can: Explain the causes of the U.S. – Mexican War

Presidents

1. George Washington2. John Adams3. Thomas Jefferson4. James Madison5. James Monroe6. John Quincy Adams7. Andrew JacksonSkip to 11 – James K. Polk

• I can: describe the causes and impact of the U.S. – Mexican War

• Read War with Mexico – pgs. 371 – 374. • Turn each subtitle into a question. Answer the

question.• War with Mexico – For example: Why was

there a war with Mexico?

Warm- up: Identify the following dates:

write the date and event!! Write the dates and event in your journal.

• 1607-• 1776-• 1791-• 1803-

Warm- up: Identify the following dates:

write the date and event!! Write the dates and event in your journal.

• 1607- Founding of Jamestown• 1776- U.S. Independence• 1791- Bill of Rights added to Constitution• 1803- Marbury vs. Madison & Louisiana

Purchase

DISPUTED TEXAS BORDER

• I can explain the causes & effects of the U.S. Mexican war.

• Aggression – hostile, violent

Causes of the U.S. – Mexican War

• President Polk wanted to expand the United States

• Border dispute between Texas and Mexico– Texas claimed southern border was the Rio

Grande– Mexico said NO IT’S NOT!

• Cede – to give up, to surrender

• Mexican Cession – Mexico gave up California and New Mexico

Effects & Impact- Mexican War

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)– Ends the war with Mexico– Grants the U.S. the Mexican territory of New Mexico,

Arizona, & California • Gadsden Purchase -U.S. paid Mexico $10 million– Acquired land necessary for a southern

transcontinental railroad – Attempt to resolve conflicts with Mexico over the

annexation of Texas

The War of Aggression

• If two countries dispute the border between their countries, what should they do???

• What did President Polk do?

• Why did Americans see the U.S. – Mexican War as a war of aggression?

Discuss the following questions with a partner, take notes and be prepared to share your answers.

1. Title your warm-up: American Progress by John Gast – 18722. Describe the painting. (3 sentences)3. Describe how the painting depicts (shows) Manifest Destiny. (2 sentences)

• I can explain a social reason for Manifest Destiny. (i.e. The Mormon Trek)

• Persecute – to harass, harm or annoy someone because of race, political belief or religion. (ex. Mormons)

• Refugee – a person who has been forced to flee their homeland because of war, persecution or natural disaster. (ex. Mormons)

Mormons – Social Reason for Manifest Destiny (partner discussion)

• Who was Joseph Smith? • What were 2 beliefs that the Mormons held?• What was the general publics reaction to

these beliefs?• What happened to Smith and his followers in

New York?• What happened to Smith?

• When did the Mormon migration begin?• Where did they settle?• What happened in 1857-1858?– Summarize what we just discussed. Write 5

sentences about the Mormons.

Mormon Trek

Map Rubric – Write this in your journal. This is your check list.

• Mexican Cession – color red• Outline & Label the Gadsden

Purchase• Draw in the Rocky Mountains• Draw the Oregon Trail orange• Draw the Santa Fe Trail green• Draw the California Trail purple• Draw the Mormon Trek red• Draw gold bars in California

• Page RA16 – RA17 (label the states and the date they were admitted in the Union)

• Label Atlantic Ocean• Label Pacific Ocean• Label Washington D.C.

• MUST MAKE A KEY! • Put a check next to each

item when you complete the task.

Trails West

• Oregon Trail • California Trail

Warm-up: Thursday1.Read the excerpt.2. What do you think it means? (3 sentences)

• Away, away will these cobweb issues of right of discovery, exploration, settlement, continuity, etc… our claim to Oregon would still be best and strongest. And that claim is by right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us.

John O’Sullivan, New York Morning News, December, 1845-

Testable Items – FridayUnit 7 Manifest Destiny

• Manifest Destiny – definition• Economic, political and social reasons for

Manifest Destiny• Northwest Ordinance• U.S. Mexican War• Mormon Trek• Cover all notes in Unit 7

Match the following dates with the Era

• 1600’s

• 1700’s

• 1800’s

• Revolutionary Era

• Colonization Era

• Expansion & Acquisition

True/False

• Women demanding the right to vote is a belief of Manifest Destiny in the 1800’s.

True/False

• Manifest Destiny is characterized by farmers switching from food crops to cash crops.

True/False

• During the 1800’s Americans belief in Manifest Destiny is characterized by settlers moving west in order to start a new life.