Takedown List all 5 of the themes of Manifest Destiny and define what M.D. means.

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Takedown List all 5 of the themes of Manifest Destiny and define what M.D. means.

End of the War with Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: TX. was part of the U.S. w/the Rio Grande as the border Mexican Cession: Mexico gave up land that is now CA, NV, UT, most of AZ, and parts of N.M., COL., and WY.

New Nation Gadsden Purchase: strip of land in AZ. and N.M. Wanted the land for a transcontinental RR U.S. borders = the Atlantic to the Pacific = M.D. Fulfilled

Takedown -What did Americans find in California which helped increase settlement?

The California Gold Rush

California before the Rush John Sutter: 50,000 acres in the Sacramento Valley from Mexico James Marshall: Builder of Sutter’s Mill Discovered gold in the American River. Kept news to themselves

New Spreads Sam Brannan Spread the news that Gold had been discovered Made his money by selling mining tools at expensive prices

Rush for Gold Forty-Niner: One who took part of the Cal. Gold Rush of 1849.

Around the tip of South America 18,000 mile trip 6 months Bad food/water Boredom

Across Panama Quickest option Malaria / Cholera Stranded

Oregon / California Trail 2,000 miles Poorly equipped Biggest danger: lack of water

Life in the Camps Tents became wooden buildings Far-fetched stories 8 pd. Nuggets Basic good = high priced

Important People Levi Strauss Canvas pants w/rivets

Important People Phillip Armour New York butcher Armour Meat Packing Company

Important People John Studebaker Wheelbarrows Wagons

Important People Henry Wells / William Fargo Offered secured, honest banking Transportation Mail

Important People Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Started writing for a San Francisco magazine

Miners from Around the World 2/3 were American 1851, 1 out of 10 were Chinese Very successful Resentment from Americans

Conflicts Among Miners Greed / Jealousy Forced Hispanics / Chinese out 1850: Foreign Miners Tax $20 a month on miners from other countries Alcoholism, debt, crime

Impact of the Gold Rush 250,000 new to Cal. Biggest melting pot Thousands of N.A. were killed Cal. Became a state in 1852 – free state Cal. Statehood created turmoil Free states outnumbered slave

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