Download Manifest Destiny and The Monroe Doctrine (the period of

Manifest Destiny and The
Monroe Doctrine (the period of
national expansion 1800-1854)
• In 1803 the US purchased the Louisiana
Territory from France for $15 million.
• Thomas Jefferson was President and sent
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to
explore the new territory.
• In 1819 the US acquired Florida from
Spain in the Treaty of Adams Onis.
• The Monroe Doctrine issued in 1823
warned European Powers about future
colonies in the Americas. The U.S. and
Great Britain fought the War of 1812 from
1812 to 1814.The British
burned Washington DC.
• Andrew Jackson had defeated the British
backed Creek Indians and led American
forces at The Battle of New Orleans in 1814
which was a huge American victory. Neither
side knew the Treaty of Ghent had already
declared peace.
• In 1828 Andrew Jackson became
President. He forced all remaining
Creeks moved west to the
Oklahoma Territory.
By the 1840s American believed in their
Manifest Destiny or future of extending US
boarders from Atlantic to Pacific coasts.
• Americans began to move into Texas
which was Mexican Territory. In 1835
fighting broke out and in 1836 the
Mexican Army moved north into Texas
and killed about 250 Americans at
The Alamo.
• This army and it’s leader, General Santa
Anna who was captured, were later
defeated at the Battle of San Jacinta.
Texas became independent and was
annexed in 1840. War with Mexico broke
out again from 1846-48. The US gained
Texas (the remaining part), California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada,
and Utah.
• General Zachery Taylor, who would later
become President, led American forces south
from Texas into Mexico while Gen. Winfeild Scott
landed at Vera Cruz, Mexico City quickly fell and
Mexico surrendered.
• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 gave the
US California and most of the western states. 5
years later the US bought southern Arizona and
New Mexico with The Gadsden Purchase.
STATES RIGHTS and The
Extension of Slavery
• As new territories entered the union southerners did not want the
balance of power in Congress (The House and The Senate). They
sought to extend slavery westward while the free states sought to
stop it’s spread. From 1820 to 1850 new states were brought in
together 1 slave/ 1 free. The Missouri Compromise (1820) made this
arrangement law.
• The Compromise of 1850 allowed Utah and New Mexico
to enter the union without restriction on slavery,
California was admitted as a free state.
• In 1854 The Kansas Nebraska Act struck down The
Missouri Compromise creating 2 new territories north of
the Missouri Compromise line that would determine by
popular sovereignty whether to be slave or free.
BLEEDING KANSAS
• War broke out in Kansas in 1854 which elected
both a pro-slavery and anti-slavery governor and
state legislature. Citizens fought one another for
and against slavery.
• The southern states saw slavery threatened and
began to argue for States Rights, saying the union
was formed by the states and that each state had
the right to leave the union or nullify federal laws.
Within 5 years The Civil War would begin.
Manifest Destiny Quiz 1-20
1. In 1803 the United States purchased the _____________________ from France for ________.
2. President Jefferson sent Meriwether ___________ and William ___________ to explore the
new territory.
3. In 1819 the United States acquired ______________ from Spain in the
_____________________________.
4. The United States and _________________ fought the War of 1912 from 1812-1814. The
______________ burned Washington D.C.
5. The ______________________ issued in 1823 warned European Powers about future
colonies in the Americas.
6. ___________________ had defeated the British-backed Creek Indians and led American
forces at the Battle of New Orleans in _________.
7. The Treaty of ___________ ended the War of 1812.
8. In 1828 ______________ became President. He forced all remaining Creeks moved to the
______________ Territory.
9. By the 1840’s Americans believed their _________________________ or extending United
States borders from Atlantic to Pacific coasts.
10. In 1835 Texas was ______________ Territory.
Manifest Destiny questions continued
11. In 1836 the _____________________ killed _________ Americans at the Alamo.
12. The _____________ Army was defeated at the Battle of San Jacinta.
13. ______________ became independent and was annexed in 1840.
14. The United States and Mexico were at war from _______________. As a result of this war the
United States gained more of Texas, ______________, Arizona, New Mexico, ____________,
_____________, and Utah.
15. The Treaty of _______________________ in 1848 ended the United States war with Mexico.
16. The House and Senate comprise _______________.
17. The __________________________ of 1820 made it law that states were added as 1 slave
and 1 free state.
18. The _______________ of 1850 allowed Utah and New Mexico to enter the Union without
restriction on slavery. ___________________ was admitted as a free state.
19. The ________________________ Act of 1854 struck down the Missouri Compromise.
20. Southern States argued for _____________________, saying the Union was formed by the
States and States had the right to leave or nullify Federal Laws.