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Westward Expansion, 1840-1848

Westward Expansion, 1840-1848. Manifest Destiny and the West. INFORMATION LEADS TO INTEREST. FUR TRAPPERS AND TRADERS GOVERNMENT LED EXPEDITIONS LEWIS AND CLARK, 1804-1806 ZEBULON PIKE, 1806-1807 STEPHAN L0NG, 1819 . Lt. John C. Fremont, published the account of an exploration in 1845.

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Westward Expansion, 1840-1848

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  1. Westward Expansion, 1840-1848

  2. Manifest Destiny and the West

  3. INFORMATION LEADS TO INTEREST FUR TRAPPERS AND TRADERS GOVERNMENT LED EXPEDITIONS LEWIS AND CLARK, 1804-1806 ZEBULON PIKE, 1806-1807 STEPHAN L0NG, 1819 Lt. John C. Fremont, published the account of an exploration in 1845

  4. THE OVERLAND TRAIL WesternTrails This map shows themain trails taken byWestern emigrantson the way toOregon, California,and Santa Fe.

  5. NATIVE AMERICANS MEET MANIFEST DESTINY Attack onEmigrant Trainby Charles Wimar(1856) Although Indianattacks on Westernemigrants were rare,this image was sopowerful that itinfluenced portrayalsof Indians in Westernmovies made by Hollywood more thana century later.

  6. THE MORMON FLIGHT TO UTAH Joseph Smith founded Mormon sect in NY in 1830s Brigham Young: Successor to Smith who decided to move sect to the west THE LARGEST ORGANIZED MIGRAITON IN AMERICAN HISTORY

  7. AMERICAN EXPANSION INTO THE SOUTHWEST

  8. NORTHERN MEXCIO

  9. THE CLASH IN TEXAS Fall of theAlamo—Deathof Crockett The heroism of theAlamo’s defendersis captured in thiscrude woodcut,which showsCrockett’s braveryin the face of battle. Sam Houston

  10. Texas: The Politics of Annexation

  11. James K. Polk and Expansion Election of 1844 centered on Texas where Polk, a pro-slavery expansionists supported annexation. Polk Election Banner Polk welcomes Texas, while Whigs vainly try to hold back the Lone Star Republic from joining the Union.

  12. POLK’S EXPANSIONIST VISION

  13. THE MEXICAN WAR AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

  14. A CONTROVERSIAL WAR MOST PROFOUND CRITIC OF THE WAR Abolitionists led by William Lloyd Garrison opposed the war THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-1848

  15. THE MEXICAN CESSION, 1848

  16. SLAVERY, EXPANSION, AND THE REALIGNMENT OF AMERICAN POLITICS

  17. THE WILMOT PROVISO THIS PROVISO BANNED SLAVERY FROM ALL TERRITORY ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO FREE SOIL VS. PRO-SLAVERY POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY DAVID WILMOT

  18. SECTIONALISM AND THE ELECTION OF 1848 TheCandidate ofMany Parties A phrenologist probesGeneral ZacharyTaylor’s head, lookingfor some sign of whatthe presidentialcandidate thoughtabout the key issuesof the day. Taylor’scampaign tried toavoid taking standson issues that mightalienate voters.

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