1. Review #3: Nationalism, Sectionalism & Expansion
Pg. 20 & 21

2. Washington’s Farewell
1) neutrality 2) no political parties

3. Strict Interpretation (Construction)
Loose Interpretation (Construction)
Believes Constitution should be followed EXACTLY as written
Ex. Anti-Federalists
Believes Constitution can be INTERPRETED. (If it doesn’t specifically say you can or can’t do something…you do it anyway)
Ex. Federalists

4. Manifest Destiny
divine mission to expand boundaries to Pacific Ocean & possess the entire continent AND to spread democracy

5. Louisiana Purchase Territory Added:
Middle section of U.S. – doubled the size of U.S.
Method Used:
Acquired from France (TREATY!) for $15 million dollars
Results:
Doubled size of U.S.; control Mississippi River & port of New Orleans; Lewis and Clark

6. Florida Territory Added: Florida Method Used:
Acquired from Spain by Adams - Onis Treaty
Results:
Southerners are happy; border extended as far south as possible along the Atlantic Ocean

7. Texas
Territory Added:
Texas, parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas
Method Used:
Acquired from Mexico by annexation; Texas Revolution and independence from Mexico; “Remember the Alamo”
Results:
Texas becomes a state in 1845 (slave state) = more problems with Mexico . . .

8. Oregon Country Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana, Wyoming
Territory Added:
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana, Wyoming
Method Used:
Polk says “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!”; Compromise with Great Britain; continued border to 49th parallel
Results:
Northern border with Canada established

9. Mexican Cession
Territory Added:
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming
Method Used:
POLK’s expansion plan; War with Mexico (border dispute)
Results:
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Rio Grande River is southern border for the U.S. AND California and New Mexico become part of U.S.

10. Gadsden Purchase Southern Arizona and New Mexico
Territory Added:
Southern Arizona and New Mexico
Method Used:
Purchased from Mexico for $15 million dollars
Results:
All territory of continuous U.S. claimed – from Atlantic to Pacific!

11. native American Removal
Ordered by Jackson
Went against Georgia v. Worchester
Trail of Tears
Land needed for expansion of US (Manifest Destiny)

12. Expansion of Slavery
Question arises: Is this new land a slave territory or a free territory?
Leads to intense conflict  Civil War