WESTERN EXPANSION

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WESTERN EXPANSION The Rise of the Slavery
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Significant Events
? 1823 First American settlers enter Texas
? 1830 Mexico tries to halt American migration to
Texas
? 1835 Texas Revolution
? 1836 Texas Republic established Battle of the
Alamo
? 1841 Tyler becomes president
? 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty
? 1843 Large scale migration to Oregon begins
? 1844 Polk becomes president
? 1846 War declared against Mexico Wilmot
Proviso introduced
? 1847 Mormon migration to Utah
? 1849 Gold discovered in California
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Cultural Interaction
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Manifest (and Not so Manifest) Destinies

• The Roots of the Doctrine

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Manifest (and Not so Manifest) Destinies

• The Mexican Borderlands
• California society
• New Mexico

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Manifest (and Not so Manifest) Destinies

• The Texas Revolution
• American immigration to Texas
• Cultural conflict

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Manifest (and Not so Manifest) Destinies

• The Texas Revolution

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Manifest (and Not so Manifest) Destinies

• The Texas Republic
• Sam Houston
• Texan independence

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The Trek West

• The Overland Trail
• Migration west

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The Trek West

• Women and the Overland Trail
• Breakdown of womens traditional role
• Womens sense of loss

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counter point
counter

• Woman in the West

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Daily Lives

• Time and Travel
• Seeing the Elephant on the Overland Trail

To endure such a trip, we men must be able to
endure heat like a Salamander. -Overland trail
driver
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The Trek West

• Indians and the Trail Experience
• Pressures on the Plains Indians
• Government action

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The Political Origins of Expansion

• Tylers Texas Ploy
• Tyler breaks with the Whigs
• The Texas movement

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The Political Origins of Expansion

• Van Overboard
• Polks nomination
• Polks narrow victory

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The Political Origins of Expansion

• Van Overboard

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The Political Origins of Expansion

• To the Pacific
• Polks ambition

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The Political Origins of Expansion

• The Mexican War
• Disputed boundary of Texas

War exists, and notwithstanding all of our
efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico
herself. -President James K. Polk
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The Political Origins of Expansion

• Opposition to the War

If I were a Mexican, I would tell you, we will
greet you with bloody hands and welcome you to
hospitable graves. -Senator Thomas Corwin
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The Political Origins of Expansion

• The Price of Victory
• Conquest of Mexico

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The Political Origins of Expansion

• The Rise of the Slavery Issue
• Northern discontent
• Wilmot Proviso
• Peace treaty with Mexico

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New Societies in the West

• Farming in the West
• Evolution of western society

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New Societies in the West

• The Gold Rush
• Life in the mining camps
• Women in the camps
• Nativist and racial prejudices
• Environmental impact of mining

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New Societies in the West

• Instant City San Francisco
• San Franciscos chaotic growth

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New Societies in the West

• The Migration from China
• Reasons for migration
• Chinese living

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New Societies in the West

• The Mormons in Utah
• State of Deseret
• Polygamy
• Irrigation and community

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New Societies in the West

• Temple City Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake Citys orderly growth

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New Societies in the West

• Shadows on the Moving Frontier
• Hispanic-Anglo conflict

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Escape from Crisis

• A Two-Faced Campaign
• Free Soil Party

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Escape from Crisis

• The Compromise of 1850
• Taylors plan
• Clays compromise
• Passage of the Compromise

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Escape from Crisis

• The Compromise of 1850

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Escape from Crisis

• Away from the Brink
• Rejection of secession
• Fugitive slave law

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