Warm Up

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Warm Up

• Prepare for Notes
• Announcements / Reminders

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Manifest Destiny

• 1830s 1850s

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Expansion Time

• Mid 1800s is an era of growth and westward
  Expansion
• Texas
• Oregon Country
• California

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Era of Manifest Destiny

• the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to
  overspread the continent allotted by Providence
  for the free development of our yearly
  multiplying millions
• John OSullivan

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What is Manifest Destiny?

• the virtue of the American people and their
  institutions
• the mission to spread these institutions, thereby
  redeeming and remaking the world in the image of
  the U.S. and
• the destiny under God to accomplish this work

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Critical Thinking

• Question If it is Americas destiny to spread
  westward, at this time in history what would some
  people believe was also destined to spread?
• Afterthought Is manifest destiny still alive
  today?

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Warm Up

• Prepare for notes!

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Getting West

• Oregon Trail
• Santa Fe Trail
• Old Spanish Trail
• Mormon Trail

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The Oregon Trail
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The Oregon Territory

• Land between Pacific and Rocky Mts.
• Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
• Large area ideal for trapping, farming
• Jointly owned under the Adams-Onis Treaty

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Whose Territory is it?

• Claimed by Russia, Great Britain, United States
  and Spain
• US and UK primary claimants
• Adams Onis Treaty

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Oregon becomes an Election Issue

• Election of 1844
• James K. Polk Dem
• Henry Clay Whig
• Fifty Four Forty or Fight
• www.270towin.com

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James K. Polk

• Polk youngest elected President at time
• First dark horse candidate

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James K. Polk Movie Time

• Polk was a dark horse, so write down 8 facts you
  learned about Polk.

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Spreading South

• Texas
• Part of Mexico
• Stephen Austin establish colony
• 1823

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Rebellion in Texas

• 1835 Mexico passes new Constitution
• Outlaws slavery
• Angers Texans
• Gen. Santa Anna moves to crush rebels

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Remember the Alamo
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12 Years Later

• United States annexes Texas
• Leads to War with Mexico

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The Mexican-American War

• War for territorial expansion
• 1846-1848
• Manifest Destiny

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Main Events in Mr. Polks War

• US invades Mexico
• Gen. Zachary Taylor
• Republic of California
• US Captures Mexico City
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Outcomes

• Huge territorial gains
• 13,000 US Dead, 2000 to fighting
• Confirmed idea of Manifest Destiny
• Trained many of our soldiers for the Civil War

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Guided Reading Activity

• Complete by Wednesday

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Time Line Activity

• Put the Following Time Periods in Order in a
  timeline
• Use your text to assign dates to these periods

• (Out of Order)
• Civil War
• Age of Jackson
• Era of Good Feelings
• Manifest Destiny
• Sectional Crisis

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Warm Up

• Prepare for Notes
• Put the Following Time Periods in Order in a
  timeline
• Use your text to assign dates to these periods

• (Out of Order)
• Civil War
• Age of Jackson
• Era of Good Feelings
• Manifest Destiny
• Sectional Crisis

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Manifest Destiny

• Period of territorial expansion
• What territories were being expanded into?

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The California Republic

• Originally settled by the Spanish
• Became part of Mexico until Mex-Amer War
• Bear Flag Republic Established 1846

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CA Joins the Union

• August 1848 annexed by USA
• Joins as a Free State in 1850

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Thers Gold in them thar hills

• 1848 Gold Discovered
• American River in N. California

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The Gold Rush

• Word gets out about gold
• People rushed to the CA to get rich

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Traveling to CA

• Some traveled cross country on wagons
• Others traveled to Panama, crossed there and on
• Some went all the way around S. America

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Boomtowns

• San Francisco went from a population of 1,000 in
  1848 to 20,000 by 1850
• Lawlessness ruled in many of the towns

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Getting the Gold from the Ground

• Many miners had no experience
• Panned for gold
• Just started digging
• CA gold rush doubled world supply of gold
• Gold rush ended in 1858 with New Mexico Gold Rush

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6th Period Silent Movie Activity

• You will create a silent movie skit on the gold
  rush
• You may create 2 props with your own paper

• Include
• How you found out about the gold rush
• How you traveled to CA
• How you looked for gold
• Did you get rich?

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Group Activity

• I will form you into groups of 4

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Silent Movie Activity

• You and your team will create a silent movie
  skit on the gold rush
• Each team may create up to 4 props with their own
  paper

• Include
• How you found out about the gold rush
• How you traveled to CA
• How you looked for gold
• Did you get rich?