1. Chapter 13
Westward Expansion

2. How did westward expansion change the geography of the nation and demonstrate the determination of its people?

3. Page 442-443 Timeline: 1820-1860 Map of westward expansion
Write one question

4. 13.1
The West

5. Why it Matters
Settlers been moving West since the founding of America.
Mixing of the different cultures, Native Americans and Mexicans affected the development of the West and entire nation.

6. What was “The West”
Frontier is the land that forms the farthest extent of a nation’s settled regions.
By 1820, many Americans began to look beyond the Mississippi River and further.

7. The Great Plains Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
Many believed the land was not suitable for agriculture because of the grassy plains
The Great Plains were just a simple route to the Far West.

8. The Northwest
Fertile land

9. The Southwest
Mexican settlements known as the Spanish Borderland were part of new Spain.

10. Mexican Settlements
Spain did not allow trade with other countries in settlements in North America
Many Americans wanted to trade with the Spanish colonies
Many Spanish and Native Americans inter- married which resulted a new distinct group

11. Native Americans
Spanish missionaries tried to convert Native Americans to Catholic
Many missions forced the Native Americans to work in the missions
Disese and overwork killed thousands
Indians introduced foods as beans, squas and potatoes and their clothing

12. Mexico Wins Independence
1821 Mexico wins independence from Spain
Mexico allowed trade with foreign countries such as America

13. Manifest Destiny John O’Sullivan
Desire to move West and to extend from coast to coast; Atlantic to Pacific
The belief that the United States was destined or meant, to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific
From sea to shining
It is God’s will

14. Based on the above painting, what conclusion can be reached about the concept of Manifest Destiny?
     
What conclusion can be made about the how white settlers dealt with Native Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?   

15. Based on the above painting, what conclusion can be reached about the concept of Manifest Destiny?
     
What conclusion can be made about the how white settlers dealt with Native Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?