Download Chapter 13- Manifest_Destiny

Objective: To examine Manifest Destiny and the start of
the Mexican War.
Do Now: Refer to the United States maps found on pages 367 and 893 of
your text. When, and in what way, did the following states become a part
of the United States?
• New York - 1776, original 13 states
• Indiana
-1783, terms of the Treaty of Paris
• Idaho
-1846, agreement with Britain
• Nevada
-1848, Mexican Cession (Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo)
• Texas
-1845, Annexed by Congress
• Nebraska - 1803, Louisiana Purchase (Purchased from France)
• Florida
- 1819, Ceded by Spain
Manifest Destiny - belief that the U.S. had the right to all the
land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Manifest Destiny: Video
Election of 1844
• Presidential candidate
James Polk believed
strongly in Manifest
Destiny, and he favored
annexing Oregon and
Texas.
President James K. Polk
• His Presidential slogans were:
“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” and
“All of Oregon or None”
• After winning the
election, the U.S. and
Great Britain compromised
by dividing Oregon at
latitude 49 degrees north.
Mexican War – The Beginning
• The U.S. declared war on
Mexico in 1846, shortly after
annexing Texas.
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Gen. Zachary Taylor
* First battle of the war.
Gen. Santa Anna
• Northerners opposed the war. They felt it was a Southern
attempt to add more slave states to the Union.
Balance of Power Between Free and Slave States as of 1844
Free
States
Michigan
Maine
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Vermont
Rhode Island
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Missouri
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Georgia
Delaware
Slave
States
Original
13 States