1. Objective: To examine Manifest Destiny and the start of the Mexican War.
Do Now: Use the maps provided to write when, and in what way, the following areas became parts of the United States.
New York
Idaho
Indiana
Nevada
Texas
Nebraska
Florida
1776, original 13 states
1846, agreement with Britain
1783, terms of the Treaty of Paris
1848, Mexican Cession (Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo)
1845, Annexed by Congress
- 1803, Louisiana Purchase (Purchased from France)
- 1819, Ceded by Spain

2. Manifest Destiny: Video (1:51)
Manifest Destiny - belief that the U.S. had the right to all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Manifest Destiny: Video (1:51)

3. Election of 1844 President James K. Polk
• Presidential candidate James Polk believed strongly in Manifest Destiny, and he favored annexing Oregon and Texas.
• Polk’s Presidential slogans were:
“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” and
President James K. Polk
“All of Oregon or None”

4. • After winning the election, the U. S
• After winning the election, the U.S. and Great Britain compromised by dividing Oregon at latitude 49 degrees north.

5. Mexican War – The Beginning
• The U.S. declared war on Mexico in 1846, shortly after annexing Texas.
MULTIMEDIA

6. Gen. Zachary Taylor *
First battle of the war.
Gen. Santa Anna

7. Balance of Power Between Free and Slave States as of 1844
• Northerners opposed the war. They felt it was a Southern attempt to add more slave states to the Union.
Balance of Power Between Free and Slave States as of 1844
Michigan
Maine
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Vermont
Rhode Island
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Missouri
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Georgia
Delaware
Free States
Slave States
Original 13 States