Slide 1 Henry David Thoreau Lecturer: Hu Lingli Foreign Languages Department Slide 2 That man is the richest whose pleasure is the cheapest. — Henry David Thoreau Slide…
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Slide 1 THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-47 Slide 2 The Origins of the War Manifest Destiny John O’Sullivan Slide 3 MANIFEST DESTINY John O’Sullivan (1845) “Our manifest destiny…
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Slide 1 The People Who Influenced California in the 1800’s Slide 2 The Exploration of California John C. Fremont Jedediah Smith John Bidwell Slide 3 John Charles Fremont…
Slide 1 Manifest Destiny Unit 7 Slide 2 Causes and Effects of Manifest Destiny Slide 3 United States Territorial Acquisition Map Slide 4 What is Manifest Destiny? The belief…
Slide 1 Growth of a Nation (…2 Nations?) Slide 2 As a result of the American Revolution, Britain ceded it's territory east of the Mississippi Slide 3 What a Deal!…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Texas People Stephen Austin-led settlers into Texas Santa Anna-Mexican leader Sam Houston-commander of Texas Army, first President of Texas. Davey Crockett-frontiersman,…
Slide 1 Media Construction of Peace PowerPoint Slide Show, Unit 2, Lesson 1 Wars of Manifest Destiny: Indian, Mexican, and Spanish American Wars Slide 2 Indian Wars Slide…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Manifest Destiny: destiny ordained by God to expand from Coast to Coast Louisiana Purchase: doubles the size of the nation, 1803, Jefferson War of 1812: War…