1. WESTWARD EXPANSION
Go West Young Man!!

2. United States – 1800

3. Louisiana Purchase President Jefferson wants control of New Orleans
French need funds for their war against the British
French sell Louisiana for about $15 million.

4. United States – 1810

5. Convention of 1818
Britain and United States establish the northern border at the 49th parallel.
The border extends west, to the Rocky Mountains.
Both countries agree to occupy Oregon Country

6. Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 John Quincy Adams and Louis de Onis
Main Points
Renounced any U.S. claim of Texas
Established the border of the Louisiana purchase
Gave U.S. control of Florida

7. United States – 1820

8. Missouri Compromise
Sectionalism: loyalty to the interests of a region or section of the country
Missouri and Maine want to be a state
Free or slave?
Henry Clay: “The Great Compromiser”
Missouri slave
Maine Free
36 30’ Parallel

9. Missouri Compromise

10. United States – 1830

11. Oregon Trail/California Trail

12. Mormon Trail

13. Santa Fe Trail

14. Manifest Destiny
Mormon Trail, Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail (pg. 421)
Tensions grow between Texas and Mexico over disputed land
Texas revolts against Mexico
The Alamo and Victory at San Jacinto
The Republic of Texas…..short lived

15. The Republic of Texas Lone Star Republic
Sam Houston elected President of Texas
Texas government asks the U.S. to annex Texas
Fearing another slave state, Congress votes against annexation

16. Annexation of Texas- 1845
President James K. Polk intends to acquire Texas as a state.
Dec. 28, 1845 Texas Congress approves the annexation
Mexico is angered because they view Texas as a “stolen province.”

17. United States – 1840

18. Treaty of Oregon – 1846
In order to avoid war, Great Britain and United States agree to extend the 49th parallel to the ocean.
United States acquires Oregon Country with the new U.S.-Canada border established.
Oregon becomes a territory in Aug. 1848

19. Mexican-American War
Mexico cuts off ties with the United States, angered by the annexation of Texas.
Mexico disputes that the border for Texas is not the Rio Grande, but the Nueces River
Polk sends troops to camp along Rio Grande
Supposedly, Mexican troops attack and kill a group of U.S. soldiers, beginning the war.

20. The War General Stephen Kearny takes New Mexico without firing a shot
He then takes California with the help of American settlers in Northern California
“The Bear Flag Revolt”
General Winfield Scott takes Mexico City on September of 1847

21. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo - 1848
U.S. wins the war and Mexico gives up the Mexican Cession
Area included present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
America promises to protect the 80,000 Mexicans living in Texas

22. United States – 1850

23. California Grows 1849 sparked a huge population jump in California
Immigrants move westward for new opportunity
With more people, California applied to become a state
California wanted to be a free state
Southerners wanted to split the state into half slave and half free

24. Sutter's Mill

25. The Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay comes up with a plan yet again
California would be a free state and the slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C.
Congress would not pass any slave laws on the new territories from Mexico
Fugitive Slave Act: fugitives could be arrested without a warrant, no trial was given and anyone helping a runaway would be penalized

26. The New Territories Utah and New Mexico Territories
Due to the Compromise of 1850 Congress could make no laws regarding slavery in the new territories
Popular Sovereignty: the residents of the new territories were allowed to vote on slavery

27. Compromise of 1850

28. Gadsden Purchase – 1853
James Gadsden negotiates with Mexico for southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
U.S. pays $10 million to Mexico
Southern continental boundary finally set with Mexico.

29. Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Nebraska Territory was split into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska
Stephen Douglas of Illinois instituted popular sovereignty in the two territories to gain support from the South
The bill passed and started a rush to the new territories

30. Bleeding Kansas
Missouri residents illegally vote in the Kansas vote for slavery
Antislavery residents protest
A proslavery mob of citizens attacks Lawrence, Kansas: Sack of Lawrence
John Brown leads antislavery leaders and kills five proslavery neighbors: Potawatomie Creek Massacre
Civil unrest and fighting for three years

31. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

32. United States – 1860