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1 Western Expansion
2 Essential Question Evaluate the extent to which western expansion contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostered change with regard to growing sectional tensions between the North and South in United States from 1800 to 1850.
3 Image Analysis
4 War for Texas Independence 1823 Mexican Independence from Spain Recruitment of Americans Stephen Austin begins migration Requirements: No slavery Convert to Catholicism *ineffective Whites and slaves out # Mexicans Revolt and Independence Santa Ana installs military dictatorship in Mexico (1834) Sam Houston Declares the Lone-Star Republic (1836) War Annexation? Tyler vs. the Senate (1844) Major Engagements: Goliad, the Alamo, San Jacinto
5 Boundary Dispute in Maine Maine vs. New Brunswick Aroostook War ( ) Canadian vs. American Lumberjacks Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842
6 Overland Trails Oregon Trail Mormon Trail Santa Fe Trail California Trail
7 Boundary Dispute in Oregon England vs. the United States British Claims: Hudson Fur Company American Claims: Robert Gray (1792) Lewis & Clark (1805) Astor s fur trade post (1811) Missionaries and Farmers of the 1840 s (the Whitmans) Oregon Fever
8 Polk the Expansionist Election of 1844 Issues: Texas Annexation Oregon Dispute Slavery in new territories Polk vs. Clay Fifty-four forty or fight
9 Oregon AMSCO p. 241 M/C Question Read stimulus and answer questions #1-3 3 minutes
10 Fates of Texas and Oregon Lame-duck Tyler annexes Texas Polk left to deal w/fallout Polk Compromises on Oregon w/britain (1846) Extend 49 th Parallel
11 Mexican-American War Border dispute: Nueces vs. Rio Grande Polk sends Slidell 1. Buy California & New Mexico - $25 million 2. Settle disputed border Insulting Causes of War Zachary Taylor s army attacked in no man s land. 11 killed Lincoln s spot resolutions Military Campaigns Kearney in NM and CA Fremont in Northern CA (sympathetic Vallejo 1846) The Hero of Buena Vista, Taylor (1847) Scott from Vera Cruz to Mexico City (1847)
12 Consequences of the War Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo (1848) 1. Mexico recognizes Rio Grande as southern border of Texas 2. US takes CA & NM. US pays $15 million to settle American claims against Mexico. Ramifications for Slavery Wilmot Proviso Increased Tension: N vs. S
13 Polk AMSCO p. 243 M/C Question Read stimulus and answer questions #7-8 2 minutes
14 Texas AMSCO p minutes SAQ
15 Expansion & Continued Sectionalism Regional Views of Manifest Destiny
16 Manifest Destiny to the South Foundations of Southern Views: Dissatisfaction w/territorial gains from the Mexican War (not enough) Desire to Expand Further Attempts at Expansion: Ostend Manifesto (1852) Pierce sends diplomats to Belgium Walker Expedition Attempt on Baja (1853) Nicaraguan takeover (1855) Executed by Honduran authorities (1860) Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) Gadsden Purchase (1853)
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18 The Western Frontier California Gold Rush ( ) 1848 population = 14, population = 380,000 New Entrepreneurs Boudin, Levi Chinese immigration The Barbary Coast Farming Frontier Availability of Cheap Land Preemption Acts (1830 s) Urban Frontier Impact of the RR s San Francisco, Denver, Salt Lake City
19 M/C Question Land Acquisitions AMSCO p. 242 Read stimulus and answer questions #4-6 3 minutes
20 The Expanding Economy Impact of Industrialization Factories & mills spread New technologies Sewing Machine (Howe) Telegraph (Morse 1844) Expansion of Railroads Privately owned, financed by merchants, farmers, and state governments US Land Grant to Illinois Central (1850) United Commercial Interests from East West & North South Expansion of Foreign Commerce Regularly Scheduled shipping Boom in whaling Improvements in steam ships Opening of Asian markets Perry Opens Japan (1854)
21 Impact of Expansion Sectionalism Intensifies Socially: Expansion of Slavery vs. Abolitionist Movement Politically: State vs. Federal Power Territories: Free vs. Slave Economically: Industry vs. Agriculture Population Shifts & Growth Overland Trails and Expansion Panic of 1857 Inflation as result of CA gold Western speculation Drop in value of farm goods (Crimean War) 5,000 businesses fail South not as affected (Southern views of Northern industry King Cotton )
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