Manifest Destiny…or Head ‘em up and Move ‘em Out!

People wanted to ____________ on land in the Far West. make money Land speculators _______________ bought huge areas of land. They made money by dividing this land and selling it to ___________. settlers

_______________ and __________ followed settlers. Manufacturers merchants Others moved west to __________or escape people to whom they_________. find jobs owed money

Santa Fe Trail After Mexico won its independence from Spain, it opened its borders to American traders. Trader William Becknell established the ____________to New Mexico. He made a large profit because New Mexicans were eager for new merchandise. Santa Fe trail

The Oregon Trail Independence, Missouri It ran from ____________________, to the Oregon Territory. The first whites to make the trip were _______________who sent back reports of Oregon’s rich land. missionaries In 1843, nearly 1,000 people traveled from Missouri to Oregon; the next year, twice as many went.

The Mormon Trail The Mormons were members of the ________________________________. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Joseph Smith _____________ had founded this church in upstate New York.

In 1844, an anti-Mormon mob in Illinois killed Smith. Brigham Young _____________, the next Mormon leader, moved his people into Utah, then part of Mexico. They build a settlement by the __________________. Great Salt Lake

The Mormons worked together to build _________________, which captured water in the hills and carried it to the farms in the valley below. dams and canals

John O’Sullivan, a newspaper editor, first used the term ______________. “manifest destiny.” Manifest _________ – meaning clear or obvious _______ – meaning events sure to happen Destiny Manifest destiny suggested that westward expansion was not only good, but _________________. bound to happen

“Sea to shining sea” – many Americans believed that it was the mission of the United States to ____________ by occupying the __________________. spread freedom entire continent

The California Gold Rush California was populated by Native Americans and ____________– settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent. Californios American immigration Mexico feared _________________ and rarely gave land to foreigners.

John Sutter American ___________ was granted 50,000 acres in the Sacramento Valley. He built a sawmill on the American River. Gold was found at _____________, leading to the California gold rush. Sutter’s Mill

Forty-niners ______________ were people who rushed to California to find gold, starting in 1849. Because the adventure was so difficult, most gold seekers were ___________. young men As people rushed to a new area to look for gold, they built new communities called __________. boomtowns

Cities in California flourished during the gold rush – _______________ grew from a tiny village to a city of about 20,000 people. San Francisco no experience Most forty-niners had _______________ in mining, and they found little or no gold.

Merchants ___________ benefited most from the gold rush. Huge migration ______________caused economic growth that changed California. By 1849, California had enough people to __________________. apply for statehood

territorial stage California skipped the ______________ because of its quick population increase and was admitted as a _____________ in 1850. free state The statehood of California made __________ outnumber ____________. free states slave states Southerners feared that Northerners might use their majority to ______________. abolish slavery