notes: expansion

NOTES: Expansion

* Manifest Destiny & $

1.Oregon Country a)Drawn by fur trade b)Oregon Trail: overland route from Missouri to

Oregon

JUST B/C ITS INTERESTING

• Many died on journey

• The Donner Party story – stuck in snowstorm and

resorted to cannibalism to

survive

2.Mexico – encourages American immigration

a)Santa Fe Trail: trade route from Missouri to Santa Fe, NM

b)Drawn by cotton land

3. Missouri Compromise = Fight over LA purchase land a)North of Missouri = freeb)South of Missouri = slave

c)All other new land in the future = free

New Spain (Mexico)

Oregon Country

Unorganized Territory

Arkansas Territory

Missouri Compromise Line 36*30’N

MO

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Closed off to slavery

* Background on Texas1. Mexico closes borders to Americans (b/c

oppose slavery)

a) Americans IGNORE … come illegally

b) Americans outnumber Mexicans 10:1

2.General Santa Anna = dictator of Mexicoa)Orders Americans be disarmed and

deportedb)200 TX vs. 4,000 Mexicans fight at Alamo

… Mexicans win - those that surrender = shot!

Hi, I’m General

Santa Anna

3. Other Texans = inspireda)“Remember the

Alamo” = remember the bravery and brutal

b)Attack / defeat Santa Anna …

Texas = indep.

* Mexican War (US vs. Mex.)

1.1.CausesCauses a)Manifest destiny: belief that the US was

destined to rule all of N. Am. b)Southern desire to add slave statesc)Mexico refuses to sell CAd)Mexico offended when US annexes TX

2. EffectsEffects a)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

- Rio Grande = southern border of US - Mexico cedes (gives up) CA & NM

b) Gadsden Purchase …final land deal to seal continental US

c) Inc. Sectional Tension – fight over new land - Wilmot Proviso – failed bill to stop

expansion of slavery in lands from Mex.

OMG its complete!!!