1 1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization.

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1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization.

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POLITICAL PARTIES EMERGED

FEDERALIST DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN

LED BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON LED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON

STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT STRONG STATE GOVERNMENTS

LOOSE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICIES LIMITED INVOLVEMENT IN ECONOMICS BY FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT

SUPPORT BRITISH SUPPORT FRENCH

MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS ESPECIALLY

FROM NEW ENGLAND

FARMERS, TRADERS, PLANTATION OWNERS FROM RURAL AND FRONTIER AREAS

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THE LOUISIANA PURCHASEAcquired by President Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803

INCLUDED PARTS OF LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, IOWA, MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NEBRASKA, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, COLORADO, WYOMING,

TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND MONTANA

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Lewis and Clark Explore New Lands

SET THE STAGE FOR INCREASED EXPLORATION, TRADE, SETTLEMENT AND ANNEXATION.

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MAP OF LEWIS AND CLARK’S JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION

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WAR OF 1812

•2nd war with Britain

•US won (again)

Significance of the War of 1812:

•SHOWED THE U.S. WAS A WORLD MILITARY POWER

•LAST U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS (for about a century).

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NATIVE AMERICAN REMOVAL, 1830s

•MOVED MOST OF THE NATIONS OF TRIBES INTO OKLAHOMA.

•THE MOST TRAGIC REMOVAL INVOLVED THE CHEROKEE

THOUSANDS DIED

REMEMBERED AS THE TRAIL OF TEARS.

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Contemporary art inspired by the Trail of Tears

Jason FullerMike Menasco

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Alabama Indian Tribes

Cherokee Creek

Choctaw Chickasaw

Kentucky Indian Tribes

Cherokee Delaware Iroquois Shawnee

Mississippi Indian Tribes

Natchez Chickasaw Choctaw

Tennessee Indian Tribes

Mound Builders Cherokee Chickasaw

Chickamauga

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MANIFEST DESTINY

THE BELIEF THAT THE U.S. HAD A GOD GIVEN MISSION TO SPREAD ITS CIVILIZATION

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REASONS FOR MANIFEST DESTINY

THE TELEGRAPH, STEAMSHIPS AND THE RAILROAD LINKED FAR DISTANT PLACES LIKE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA

BELIEF THAT THE DEMOCRACY MUST CONTINUE TO GROW

A NEED TO DEVELOP NEW TRADE MARKETS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH

FEAR THAT OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SPREAD AND TAKE OVER

DO WE STILL HAVE THESE BELEIFS TODAY? PROVIDE EXAMPLES:

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THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, 1846-1848

MANIFEST DESTINY AND THE DESIRE FOR

MORE TERRITORY FUELED THIS WAR

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Results of the Mexican American War

MAP OF TERRITORY GAINED FROM MEXICO

U.S. GAINED LARGE AMOUNTS of TERRITORIES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA’s GOLD DEPOSITS

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What was the California Gold Rush?____________________________________

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PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD POURED INTO CALIFORNIA HOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH IN THE GOLDFIELDS

CHINESE MINERS

CHILEANS

FOREIGNERS WERE TREATED HARSHLY, ATTACKED AND TAXED EXTRA

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GOLD RUSH = DISASTER FOR NATIVE AMERICANS

THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS WERE MASSACRED.

EDITORIAL FROM A YREKA NEWSPAPER JUST AFTER THE GOLD RUSH BEGAN:

"THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THE INDIAN PROBLEM IS TO EXTERMINATE THEM"... ANYONE WHO ARGUES TO THE CONTRARY IS TAKING A MOST TRAITOROUS POSITION."

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LINCOLN ELECTED, 1860

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SUMMARY

• PUMP UP THE JAM