Manifest Destiny

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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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