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Introduction to Westward Expansion & America’s “Manifest Destiny”

What motivated the United States to expand its borders westward? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

John O’Sullivan’s “Manifest Destiny” ,[object Object],[object Object],John O’Sullivan was an influential columnist as a young man, but is now generally remembered only for his use of the phrase "Manifest Destiny" to advocate the annexation of Texas and Oregon.

What is “Manifest Destiny?” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Who supported “Manifest Destiny?” ,[object Object],[object Object]

John Gast American Progress (c. 1872) Who’s in this picture? What are they doing?

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Who opposed “Manifest Destiny?” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Who opposed “Manifest Destiny?” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Spreading the Word: The Pony Express ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Manifest Destiny “Fever” ,[object Object],[object Object]

American Attitudes Toward the Frontier Many Americans had practical reasons for moving west. Many endured the trek because of: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Overland Immigration to the West ,[object Object]

Negative Consequences of Following Trails West ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How’d they get there? The Conestoga Wagon

The Santa Fe Trail ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Santa Fe Trail ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],SIGNIFICANCE: Traders established first visible American presence in New Mexico and the Mexican province of Arizona.

The Oregon Trail ,[object Object],[object Object]

Pioneers Face Difficulties on the Oregon Trail ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Oregon Trail: The Whitman’s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Oregon Trail: The Whitman Massacre ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Oregon Trail – Albert Bierstadt, 1869

The Doomed Donner Party James Reed & Wife Margaret Patrick John Breen Breen Breen ,[object Object],A group of California-bound American emigrants caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847. Unfounded rumors state that some of them resorted to cannibalism.

The Doomed Donner Party April, 1846 – April, 1847

The Mormon Migration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Mormons: a religious community based on Christianity which was founded in western New York by Joseph Smith in 1827

The Mormon Migration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Aroostook “War,” 1839 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Maine Boundary Settlement, 1842

The Oregon Dispute: 54’ 40º or Fight! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Oregon Dispute: 54’ 40º or Fight! ,[object Object]

The Oregon Dispute: 54’ 40º or Fight! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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