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NOTE-TAKING GUIDE: Of the People: A History of the United States CHAPTER 13 “Manifest Destiny: 1836–1848”
COMMON THREADS
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How did the expansion of slavery in the 1820s and 1830s affect US
foreign policy in the 1840s?
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How did settlers’ preconceptions of other cultures affect their attitudes
toward expansion?
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How did the Democratic Party change between 1828 and 1848?
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Was “manifest destiny” consistent with the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 or
a repudiation of it?
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How important were the politics of slavery in the 1840s compared with
the previous decade and the decade following?
OUTLINE
The Decline of Jacksonianism
Political Parties in Crisis
Van Buren and the Legacy of Jackson
The Political Economy of the Trans-Mississippi West
Manifest Destiny in Antebellum Culture
Texas
American Landscape: Culture and Politics in Manifest Destiny:
Tejanos in Texas
Pacific Bound
Nations of the Trans-Mississippi West
Slavery and the Political Economy of Expansion
Log Cabins and Hard Cider: The Election of 1840
And Tyler, Too
Occupy Oregon, Annex Texas
War with Mexico
America and the World: Lt. Rankin Dilworth in the War with Mexico
Conclusion
WHO?
WHAT?
Henry Clay
Panic of 1837
Mah-i-ti-wo-nee-ni
Manifest destiny
Tejanos
The Republic of Texas
John Tyler
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What was the depression of 1837, and what were its origins?
2. Why were Whigs cautious about westward migration?
3. Why was the annexation of Texas so controversial?
4. Support for American expansion was often expressed in the language
of freedom and civilization. But was there also a racial component to
“manifest destiny”? Explain your answer.
5. Did the territorial additions of the 1840s represent a departure (in
method or intent) from earlier acquisitions?
6. How and why did the Democratic Party change between 1828 and
1848?
NOTES: TO FOLLOW UP / QUESTIONS TO ASK IN CLASS
NOTE-TAKING GUIDE: Of the People: A History of the United States CHAPTER 13 “Manifest Destiny: 1836–1848”