westward expansion 1800 - 1850
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Westward Expansion 1800 - 1850. Unit 1. Manifest Destiny. The belief that the United States has a divine right to expand its territory. *John L. O’Sullivan coined the phrase. Thomas Jefferson. 3 rd President of the United States (1800 – 1808) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Westward Expansion1800 - 1850
Unit 1
Manifest DestinyThe belief that the United States
has a divine right to expand its territory.
*John L. O’Sullivan coined the phrase
Thomas Jefferson• 3rd President of the United
States (1800 – 1808)– Political philosopher,
horticulturist, architect, inventor and much more
– Louisiana Purchase (1803)– Lewis and Clark Expedition
(1804-1806)
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase 1803
James Monroe and Robert Livingston buy the land for about 15 million dollars.
*The purchase doubles the size of our country at that time.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis 1774-1809
William Clark 1770-1838
40 people went on trip
As the men make their way to the Pacific, Jefferson wants the men to gather information on:
1. Flow of rivers2. Natural resources and possible
economic development3. Climate4. Plant growth5. Geology6. Contact with Indians7. Animals
Sacajawea• Husband – Touissant
Charonneau– Insists on bringing wife
and child• Tribe – Shoshone• Name – Bird woman
Journal EntryPlants
AnimalsPeople
WeatherLandscapeStructures
Texas Independence
• March 2nd, 1836: Texas declares it’s independence from Mexico.
• March 6th, 1836: The Alamo Falls • 1836 – 1845 Texas becomes a country
(the Republic of Texas) • December 29th, 1845 Texas becomes a
state
Oregon Country
• In 1846 the U. S. makes an agreement with Great Britain to get the Oregon Country
• President Polk– “54 40 or fight”
The Mexican War1846 - 1847
• War begins due to a disagreement of the Texas southern border which the U. S. said was the Rio Grande River.
• Major General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City ending the war.
• Under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo which ends the war, the U. S. gets the Mexican Cession.
The Gadsden Purchase
• The U. S. paid Mexico 10 million dollars for a strip of land south of the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico.
• This land provided a route for a southern transcontinental railroad.