B1) Manifest Destiny Flashcards
Why did As beleive manifest destiny/ expansion was justified?
- God’s will to bring w them CHRISTIANITY, DEMOCRACY & FREEDOM
- use lands moire effectively than:
- MEXICAN HISPANICS- viewed as lazy & slow
- NATIVE As- viewed as savages
^ makes it RIGHT for them to go to war 🤠
How many states in early 1840s?
27
How di western exp change democratic nature of US?
- exp brought new politicians- less just wealthy, more open to pop opinion
How was Oregon effected by MD?
- Dispute between Britain & US
- OREGON TREATY 1846= US gains lands whihc becomes state of oregon- protested by many As who wanted the whole territory
How was Florida effected by MD?
- anxious to annex it from Spain
- ^ may be used as a base for attacks into US territory if belonging to Sp or other forign power
- Ss concerned ab it becoming a refuge for runaway slaves
- US politicians claimed West Florida had been part of Louisiana purchase, Sp disagreed
SO
- 1813 A forces took West Fl- Sp could do little as at war w Napolean & uprisings for indep in its own colonies- gave it to US in 1819
What was the W vs E rivalry?
West crit ‘SOFT LIFESTYLES’ of E
E viewed W as uncouth
What ec reasons were there for Western exp?
- fertile lands & fforests
- ^ squatters farmed land then moved on
- New Eng soil rocky= hard to farm on
- what & cotton price increased= drove up land prices
What transport development reasons were there for Western exp?
- Pioneer settlers had gone by foot, horseback, wagon ect
- Roads- want a national road, as others resp of state govs & private enterprise
- CANALS- success of ERIE CANAL had led to a canal-building BOOM
Steamboats- Mississippi river- trade can go both ways
What was the Far West?
- beyond the mississippi
- largely devoid of white settlers
fur= valueable product - some explorers claimed unsuitbale- it was named the GREAT AMERICAN DESSERT
- Congress- funded expeditions to get maps & info
Why did manifest destiny cause tensions?
- changes in poiticians dif to old wealthy men, like T Jefforson
- E & W rivalry- Westren ideals of honesty & simplicity- opposed to E’s @ prententions of gentility’- soft lifestyles/ E thought W uncouth
- issue of whether to allow slavery
- was encourgaed by fed gov but not fully organised or planned- adds to unclear future
how many Americans lived west of the Appalachians?
- in 1810, only 1/7 did, by 1840 nearly 1/2 did
- lure of fertile land!
how did land prices change?
- late 1700s, land too expensive for most would-be settlers
- so due to popular pressure, congress reduced the minimum amount required to be sold for land; down to 40 acres by 1830s; and minimum price per acre steadily fell to abt a dollar an acre- stops just being elites/ rich ppl
how did the louisiana purchase expand usa?-
- nearly doubled the national territory
- monroe negotiated it from france for $15mil, the large amount embarassing jefforson
what was the 1812 war abt?
- w britain
- over american rights at sea due to britain’s naval blockade of continental europe during revolutionary & napoleonic wars
