1. Texas – Manifest Destiny – Mexican War
U.S. History
Texas – Manifest Destiny – Mexican War

2. Objective 2.01
Analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admission of new states to the Union 1801 – 1850.

3. Manifest Destiny
Belief that God wanted American to expand West…and beyond
John O’Sullivan
Led to Mexican War

4. Oregon Trail
From Independence, MO to Portland, OR – carried thousands of immigrants west

5. Texas Revolution in 1836 – fights war for independence with Mexico
Back to 1820s, American settlers began to settle Texas
Tejanos and Americans clashed
Slavery
Import duties

6. Texas Revolution
Santa Ana
Mexico

7. Sam Houston/ Stephen Austin

8. Stephen Austin
Established one of the first colonies of American settlers in Texas

9. The Alamo

11. Goliad Texans attack Mexican troops at Presidio La Bahia
Flag of the Texas Rebels

12. “Remember the Alamo”
Alamo inspires many to join the fight

13. Expansion becomes a nat’l issue
Many Americans want to expand
Especially Southerners
Texas wants to be part of the Union

14. Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842)
Settled boundary dispute in Maine (w/ Great Britain)
US monitored slave trade (restricted)
Settled troublesome issues through diplomacy

15. Why is Texas a hot topic? Slavery – southerners wanted expansion
Northerners did not want expansion

16. Election of 1844 James K. Polk – Democrat – Expansionist
James G. Birney – Liberty – Abolitionists
Henry Clay – Whig – endorsed annexation

18. James K. Polk
Wins a landslide electoral victory – close popular election

19. “54 40 or Fight!”
Polk wanted to annex Oregon

21. Texas Annexation
Congress and Tyler see Polk’s election as a mandate for the annexation of Texas

22. Problems with Mexico Slidell’s rejection Ready for war
John Slidell sent by Polk to talk to Mexican gov’t.
Wants to offer to buy New Mexico and California
Mexican gov’t. refuses to talk to him
Ready for war

23. Taylor’s troops
Polk ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor (“Old Rough and Ready”) to the Rio Grand R. in 1845

24. Disputed Land
100 miles of disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River

25. WAR! Taylor’s troops ambushed by Mexican troops
Polk – “American blood shed upon American soil”

26. A. Lincoln – “Spot Resolutions”
Congress declares war

27. U.S. mobilization
U.S. mobilizes speedily
50,000 volunteers

31. Mexican War U.S. won several victories
Winfield Scott – “Old Fuss and Feathers”

33. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Ended Mexican War
U.S. gained Mexican Cession, ~ ½ of Mexico’s territory, and much of present-day Southwestern U.S.

34. Wilmot Proviso
If passed would have guaranteed that slavery would not extend to any part of Mexican Cession
defeated

36. U.S. settlers move to California
Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill
Gold rush brings diversity to CA.
Many settlers rush to CA in 1849 (49ers)

37. Gadsden Purchase
Small Southwestern strip of land purchased by US from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million with the intent of building a southern transcontinental railroad
Completes the lower 48 states

39. Expansion brings slavery to the front again
Expansion of the country brings division
Will slavery expand into the territories?

40. American Progress, John Gast 1872

41. "The Progress of America" by Domenico Tojetti 1875

42. "Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way (Westward Ho
"Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way (Westward Ho!)" by Emanuel Leutze  1861