1. INTRODUCTION TO MANIFEST DESTINY 6.1.12.A.3.A Assess the influence of Manifest Destiny on foreign policy during different time periods in American history. 6.1.12.B.3.A Assess the impact of Western settlement on the expansion of United States political boundaries. 6.1.12.D.3.A Determine how expansion created opportunities for some and hardships for others by considering multiple perspectives.

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS  How did Manifest Destiny influence foreign policy?  To what extent was U.S. foreign policy influenced by perceived national interest?  What role did geopolitics play in the development of American foreign policy?  How did westward expansion create opportunities for some and hardship for others?

5. PAINTINGS  1. John Gast (ca. 1872) is called, American Progress  2. Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1860 Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way.

6.  “Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”  ~ John L. O'Sullivan - United States Magazine, July-Aug. 1845 1. What does the word “providence” mean? (Check it out on dictionary.com if you don’t know) 2. What do you think Mr. O’Sullivan is saying in this quote? What is your definition of manifest destiny?

7. WHAT MADE PEOPLE WANT TO GO WEST?

8. 1. TO START OVER  Depression of 1837  Economic hardships back east  Oregon  Fertile farming valleys  A lot of hunting  California in 1848  Gold discovered  Gold Rush (49ers)  People wanted to become rich!

9. 2. MEXICO INVITES WHITE AMERICANS TO SETTLE TEXAS  Mexico was a North American empire in the 1820s  It’s northern parts (present day Texas, California, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada) were sparsely occupied by people  Mexico wanted to settle this northern portion of their empire  Invited white Americans to settle in Texas  By the 1830s, the great majority of people living in Texas were white Americans and their slaves.

10. 3. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: MORMONS  Persecuted in New York  Persecuted in Missouri  Persecuted in Ohio  Persecuted in Illinois  Finally went to modern day Utah

11. MAJOR CONCERNS OF MANIFEST DESTINY  Wars over land  Texas vs. Mexico  US vs. Mexico  US vs. Native Americans  Slave or Free Territories?  Accelerated divisional hatred in the US  North vs. South

12. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING What were the three reasons people moved west?