Unit 3

Pre-Civil WarUnit 1Westward Expansion1800 - 1850Unit 1Manifest DestinyThe belief that the United States has a divine right to expand its territory.

*John L. OSullivan coined the phrase

Thomas Jefferson3rd President of the United States (1800 1808)Political philosopher, horticulturist, architect, inventor and much moreLouisiana Purchase (1803)Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

5Wife MarthaChildren 6 (5 girls and 1 son), none of his children live to adulthood and his wife dies in childbirth after 10 years of marriage. Never marries again. Affair with slave Sally HemingsLouisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase 1803James Monroe and Robert Livingston buy the land for about 15 million dollars.

*The purchase doubles the size of our country at that time.Lewis and Clark Expedition

Meriwether Lewis 1774-1809William Clark 1770-183840 people went on tripAs the men make their way to the Pacific, Jefferson wants the men to gather information on:Flow of riversNatural resources and possible economic developmentClimatePlant growthGeologyContact with IndiansAnimals

SacajaweaHusband Touissant CharonneauInsists on bringing wife and childTribe ShoshoneName Bird woman

Journal EntryPlantsAnimalsPeopleWeatherLandscapeStructures

The Monroe DoctrinePresident Monroe claimed that,

the American continents are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.Texas IndependenceMarch 2nd, 1836: Texas declares its independence from Mexico.March 6th, 1836: The Alamo Falls 1836 1845 Texas becomes a country (the Republic of Texas) December 29th, 1845 Texas becomes a state

Oregon CountryIn 1846 the U. S. makes an agreement with Great Britain to get the Oregon CountryPresident Polk54 40 or fight

The Mexican War1846 - 1847War begins due to a disagreement of the Texas southern border which the U. S. said was the Rio Grande River.Major General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City ending the war.Under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo which ends the war, the U. S. gets the Mexican Cession.

The Gold RushIn January of 1848, gold is found at Sutters Mill in CaliforniaIn 1849, people from all over the world rush to California

The Gadsden PurchaseThe U. S. paid Mexico 10 million dollars for a strip of land south of the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico.This land provided a route for a southern transcontinental railroad.

AlaskaSewards FollySecretary of State William Seward1867From Russia for 7.2 million dollars586,000 square miles1.9 cents per acreFather KinoIn the 1700s started missions in the Southwest

San Juan Capistrano

Industrial Revolution in AmericaFirst Steam Powered Boat1787John FitchDelaware River

Textile Machinery FactoryFirst in America - 1789Providence, Rhode IslandSamuel Slater

The Cotton Gin1793Eli WhitneyIncreases the speed cotton could be cleaned

Interchangeable PartsEli WhitneyLeads to products being mass produced

TelegraphSamuel F. B. MorseCoded pulses (short and long) of electricityFirst message sent 1844What hath God wrought?

Transportation ImprovementsNational Road is constructedMaryland to IllinoisErie Canal is built in 1825Connects the Great Lakes to the Hudson River creating easier and cheaper travelRailroadsStarted building in the East to travel West