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US history survey

        March 27, 2012
expansion of US, Manifest Destiny
announcements
• Paper # 1 is due.

• Late papers will be penalized by lowered
  grades.

• European Association for American Studies
  conference at Ege U this weekend.
Constant desire for land
• Forced removal of Indians to take over their
  land.
• Extension of slavery farther west.
• War with Mexico.
• Negotiation with Britain.
• “Manifest Destiny.”
• By 1853, continental US had reached its
  present boundaries.
Indian removal, 1830s
• Indian Removal Act, 1830 – funds to relocate
  Indians from SE. Contradicted earlier law.
• Cherokees won 2 Supreme Court cases –
  “domestic dependent nation.”
• “Five Civilized Tribes” forced off lands in SE to
  Indian Territory (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska).
• Cherokees, who had adopted white ways, forced
  west in winter, 1838 – 1839. 7,000-man army
  escort. ¼ of 16,000 died.
Trail of Tears
Mexican independence, 1821
• Mexico ended policies of New Spain: slavery &
  racially discriminatory laws.
• Wanted to develop northern provinces.
• Invited Anglos to settle in Tejas, via empresarios,
  Moses & Stephen Austin, 1821.
• Rapid settlement by southern whites with slaves,
  extension of cotton economy. It was legal
  settlement, unlike most westward expansion.
• Settlers required to become citizens of Mexico &
  Catholics.
Americans in Texas
• Lived mostly in E, cotton plantations, slaves.
• Little contact with Tejanos or Indians.
• Defined selves as Americans & Protestants.
• Mexican government abolished slavery, restricted
  American immigration, levied taxes, 1828.
• War, 1835. Battles of Alamo (San Antonio) & San
  Jacinto.
• Mexico recognized independent Republic of
  Texas, 1836.
San Antonio
Republic of Texas, 1836 - 1845
                                • Texas applied for
                                  admission to US as
                                  state, 1837.
                                • Rejected by Congress –
                                  another slave state.
                                • Joined 1845, making 15
                                  slave states, 13 free.
• Replica of first capitol of   • Conflict with Mexicanos
  Republic of Texas.              & Indians.
• Americans claim Texas
  was part of Louisiana
  Purchase.
• Texans claim S & W
  borders farther than
  Mexico agrees.
Mexican-American War, 1846 - 1848
President Polk, expansionist
• Unnecessary war?
• Polk sends army to
  Texas, & naval squadron
  to California, secretly.
• Attempts to buy S.
  Texas, New Mexico, &
  California from Mexico.
• US wins war with
  capture of Mexico City.
                             • Treaty of Guadalupe
                               Hidalgo, 1848.
Gadsden Purchase, 1853
• $10 million to facilitate a southern
  railroad.
• New Mexico.



• Tucson, Arizona.
Results of Mexican American War
• Residents able to choose Mexican or US
  citizenship.
• Residents guaranteed rights as citizens – not
  honored by states or US, re slavery, land-
  owning, language, property.
• Mexico loses half its land.
• US grows enormously.
Gold discovered in California, 1848
rapid growth of California
             • Men converge on
               California from around
               world; 80% from US.
             • Separate Californio/
               Mexican culture along
               coast, & miners inland.
             • San Francisco major
               city.
             • California becomes a
               state in 1850.
• California gold country.
California coastal ranch
Oregon Territory/Pacific NW
• Claimed by Spain, Russia, Britain, US.
• Treaty of Ghent, 1814 (War of 1812)
• Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819 – Spanish claim to
  42nd parallel.
• Hudson’s Bay Company (British) – fur trading
  on Snake & Columbia Rivers.
• Negotiated with British for 49th
  parallel as boundary, 1846.
Overland Trail to Oregon
               • “Oregon fever.”
               • Beginning 1840, settlers
                 arrive from mid-west.
               • 7-months journey
                 overland.
               • Ruts from wagon
                 wheels can still be seen
                 today.
               • 300,000 to Oregon &
                 California by 1860.
Oregon Territory
                        • Oregon, Washington,
                          Idaho, parts of Montana
                          & Wyoming.




• Settlers in what
  becomes state of
  Oregon settle in
  Willamette Valley.
In 3 years US territory grows by 70%
• Politics changes.
• Whigs opposed Polk’s expansionism on anti-
  slavery grounds.
• Wilmot Proviso, 1846 – ban slavery in all
  territories acquired from Mexico – not passed.
• N & S wings of parties cannot agree.
• New parties: Liberty Party, Free Soil Party – no
  extension of slavery.
• Sectional conflict increasing over slavery
  extension.
announcements
• Paper # 1 is due.

• Late papers will be penalized by lowered
  grades.

• European Association for American Studies
  conference at Ege U this weekend.
reading for next week
• Sojourner Truth, 33 – 44.
• Grimke sisters, 64 – 75

• In American Women Activists’ Writings, ed.
  Kathryn Cullen DuPont.

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Us history 27th March, 2012

  • 1. US history survey March 27, 2012 expansion of US, Manifest Destiny
  • 2. announcements • Paper # 1 is due. • Late papers will be penalized by lowered grades. • European Association for American Studies conference at Ege U this weekend.
  • 3. Constant desire for land • Forced removal of Indians to take over their land. • Extension of slavery farther west. • War with Mexico. • Negotiation with Britain. • “Manifest Destiny.” • By 1853, continental US had reached its present boundaries.
  • 4.
  • 5. Indian removal, 1830s • Indian Removal Act, 1830 – funds to relocate Indians from SE. Contradicted earlier law. • Cherokees won 2 Supreme Court cases – “domestic dependent nation.” • “Five Civilized Tribes” forced off lands in SE to Indian Territory (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska). • Cherokees, who had adopted white ways, forced west in winter, 1838 – 1839. 7,000-man army escort. ¼ of 16,000 died.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. Mexican independence, 1821 • Mexico ended policies of New Spain: slavery & racially discriminatory laws. • Wanted to develop northern provinces. • Invited Anglos to settle in Tejas, via empresarios, Moses & Stephen Austin, 1821. • Rapid settlement by southern whites with slaves, extension of cotton economy. It was legal settlement, unlike most westward expansion. • Settlers required to become citizens of Mexico & Catholics.
  • 10. Americans in Texas • Lived mostly in E, cotton plantations, slaves. • Little contact with Tejanos or Indians. • Defined selves as Americans & Protestants. • Mexican government abolished slavery, restricted American immigration, levied taxes, 1828. • War, 1835. Battles of Alamo (San Antonio) & San Jacinto. • Mexico recognized independent Republic of Texas, 1836.
  • 12. Republic of Texas, 1836 - 1845 • Texas applied for admission to US as state, 1837. • Rejected by Congress – another slave state. • Joined 1845, making 15 slave states, 13 free. • Replica of first capitol of • Conflict with Mexicanos Republic of Texas. & Indians.
  • 13. • Americans claim Texas was part of Louisiana Purchase. • Texans claim S & W borders farther than Mexico agrees.
  • 14.
  • 16. President Polk, expansionist • Unnecessary war? • Polk sends army to Texas, & naval squadron to California, secretly. • Attempts to buy S. Texas, New Mexico, & California from Mexico. • US wins war with capture of Mexico City. • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848.
  • 17.
  • 18. Gadsden Purchase, 1853 • $10 million to facilitate a southern railroad.
  • 19. • New Mexico. • Tucson, Arizona.
  • 20.
  • 21. Results of Mexican American War • Residents able to choose Mexican or US citizenship. • Residents guaranteed rights as citizens – not honored by states or US, re slavery, land- owning, language, property. • Mexico loses half its land. • US grows enormously.
  • 22. Gold discovered in California, 1848
  • 23.
  • 24. rapid growth of California • Men converge on California from around world; 80% from US. • Separate Californio/ Mexican culture along coast, & miners inland. • San Francisco major city. • California becomes a state in 1850.
  • 27. Oregon Territory/Pacific NW • Claimed by Spain, Russia, Britain, US. • Treaty of Ghent, 1814 (War of 1812) • Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819 – Spanish claim to 42nd parallel. • Hudson’s Bay Company (British) – fur trading on Snake & Columbia Rivers. • Negotiated with British for 49th parallel as boundary, 1846.
  • 28. Overland Trail to Oregon • “Oregon fever.” • Beginning 1840, settlers arrive from mid-west. • 7-months journey overland. • Ruts from wagon wheels can still be seen today. • 300,000 to Oregon & California by 1860.
  • 29. Oregon Territory • Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana & Wyoming. • Settlers in what becomes state of Oregon settle in Willamette Valley.
  • 30.
  • 31. In 3 years US territory grows by 70% • Politics changes. • Whigs opposed Polk’s expansionism on anti- slavery grounds. • Wilmot Proviso, 1846 – ban slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico – not passed. • N & S wings of parties cannot agree. • New parties: Liberty Party, Free Soil Party – no extension of slavery. • Sectional conflict increasing over slavery extension.
  • 32. announcements • Paper # 1 is due. • Late papers will be penalized by lowered grades. • European Association for American Studies conference at Ege U this weekend.
  • 33. reading for next week • Sojourner Truth, 33 – 44. • Grimke sisters, 64 – 75 • In American Women Activists’ Writings, ed. Kathryn Cullen DuPont.

Notas do Editor

  1. http://kindreda.edublogs.org/files/2011/03/blog-1pghgqk.jpg. In American Progress, a color print from about 1873, an allegorical female figure of America leads pioneers and railroads westward, in accordance with the concept of Manifest Destiny. The print was made after an 1872 painting by John Gast.
  2. http://wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/trailoftearscherokee.jpghttp://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/27/6f/a8/the-trail-of-tears-story.jpg
  3. http://www.maxdstandley.com/trail_of_tears_series/i/on_the_trail_of_tears-trail-of-tears.jpghttp://www.cbc.ca/andthewinneris/2012/trail_of_tears.jpghttp://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens17740349module148872354photo_1300064963Trail_of_Tears.PNGhttp://www.cbc.ca/ideas/trail-of-tears-road.jpg
  4. http://mapoftheunitedstates.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/trail_of_tears_map2.jpg
  5. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mission_San_Jos%C3%A9_San_Antonio.JPG/300px-Mission_San_Jos%C3%A9_San_Antonio.JPG – 1716 founded. http://img1.10bestmedia.com/Images/Photos/34360/spanish-governors-palace-san-antonio-tx-usa-attractions-best-attractions-activities-3036_36_273x214.jpg – 1722.http://www.team7itasca.com/team7/WebMag26.jpg
  6. http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/WestColumbiaTexas/WestColumbiaTexasFirstCapitolReplica707KRdine.jpg. replica of the First Capitol of The Republic of Texas in West Columbia.
  7. http://www.team7itasca.com/team7/WebMag1.gifhttp://withfriendship.com/images/d/19455/republic-of-texas.jpg
  8. http://www.countymapsoftexas.com/aagifs/texas.gif
  9. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Battle_of_Veracruz.jpg/300px-Battle_of_Veracruz.jpghttp://www.historycentral.com/mexican/gifs/cerrogordo.gifhttp://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-texas/Battle%20of%20Palo%20Alto,%20May%208,%201846,%20E.B.%20and%20E.C.%20Kellogg,1846-500.jpg
  10. http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/101820000/101825465.jpg
  11. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mex-war-map.jpg
  12. http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/TreatyofGuadalupe.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nw7GCFImJPA/TllrrRCYeZI/AAAAAAAAC5A/oVXYD_77uAY/s1600/stampGadsden.jpg
  13. http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/24/110024-004-B8B1B0D3.jpghttp://openroadtoursusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/SANXAVIERMISSION_AOT.jpg – built 1776 - 1797, San Xavier del Bac, Tucson.
  14. http://www.pulsarwallpapers.com/data/media/49/Restored%20Historic%20Home,%20Tucson,%20Arizona.jpg
  15. http://www.history-for-kids.com/images/picture-gold-rush.gifhttp://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/the_wild_west/gold_rush/jb_1829-1859_subj_e.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vbko0mP2kic/TZooxIR2bmI/AAAAAAAAABU/sepiNx6WtJc/s1600/gold_rush_1849_california.jpg
  16. http://www.eastsierravalleychamber.com/images/historic/goldminer.jpghttp://www.bellavistaranch.net/genealogy/Hangtown_miners-1849.jpghttp://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/53/5387/V8WJG00Z/posters/american-school-prospectors-using-a-rocker-or-cradle-to-wash-gold-dirt-during-the-california-gold-rush-of-1849.jpg
  17. https://eee.uci.edu/clients/tcthorne/Hist15/momlode.gif
  18. http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/5056/5056,1152422142,1/stock-photo-yuba-river-downieville-in-california-s-gold-country-1524056.jpghttp://www.openroad.tv/images/photos/45_359.jpg
  19. http://smpacific.com/content/content_images/casmalia2-promo.jpg
  20. http://www.thehistorybluff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/covered-wagons.jpg
  21. http://www.vahistorical.org/exhibits/tr_warre01.jpghttp://www.princeofpinot.com/media/images/07_07/07_07-02.jpg