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Manifest Destiny and its Legacy 1841-1848

Manifest Destiny and its Legacy 1841-1848. Chapter 17. Presidents of the 1830s and 1840s. Andrew Jackson (D-TN) 1829-1837 Martin Van Buren (D-NY) 1837-1841 William Henry Harrison (Whig-OH) 1841 John Tyler (Whig-VA) 1841-1845 James K. Polk (D-TN) 1845-1849

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Manifest Destiny and its Legacy 1841-1848

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  1. Manifest Destiny and its Legacy 1841-1848 Chapter 17

  2. Presidents of the 1830s and 1840s • Andrew Jackson (D-TN) 1829-1837 • Martin Van Buren (D-NY) 1837-1841 • William Henry Harrison (Whig-OH) 1841 • John Tyler (Whig-VA) 1841-1845 • James K. Polk (D-TN) 1845-1849 • Zachary Taylor (Whig-LA) 1849-1850

  3. Evolution of Major Political Parties

  4. John Tyler (Whig-VA) 1841-1845 William Henry Harrison (Whig-OH) 1841

  5. Sectional Giants Henry Clay, KY 1777- 1852 (73) John C. Calhoun, SC 1782-1850 (68) Daniel Webster, MA 1782-1852 (70)

  6. Maine Boundary Dispute/The Aroostook War 1838-1839

  7. Election 1844

  8. James K. Polk (D-TN) 1845-1849

  9. Manifest Destiny

  10. Manifest Destiny • As the debate over whether to admit Texas to the Union was going on in Congress, an article appeared in an expansionist magazine claiming • “[Westward expansion is] the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions”

  11. Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way • Romantic tribute to the spirit of Manifest Destiny • Commissioned by Congress in 1860

  12. Oregon Dispute

  13. Mexican-American War 1846-1848

  14. Territorial Expansion by the Mid Nineteenth Century

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