Slide 1Expansion of the Country Manifest Destiny Slide 2 Topics You Need to Know Manifest Destiny John L. OSullivan Florida (1819) Adams-Onis Treaty Texas annexation Oregon…

Sacred Conservation Preserving our Traditional Medicine Radiocarbon dating shows ceremonial use of Peyote 6000 years ago along the Rio Grande in South Texas. CURRENT NEWSPAPER…

Slide 1Period 5: 1844-1877 Manifest Destiny, Civil War, and Reconstruction Slide 2 Key Concepts As the nation expanded, sectional tensions and the slavery issue intensified.…

Slide 1Westward Expansion SOL USI.8a: The student will demonstrate knowledge of westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861 by: a) describing territorial expansion…

Slide 1 Presidential Terms The Texas Constitution limited the first President to a term of only 2 years. It was soon changed to 3 years. In addition no President could be…

Slide 1 Explorers of New Spain (Texas) Slide 2 Explorer: Columbus (1492) Year He Discovered the West Indies Known for West Indies/New World Why in Texas? He wasn’t!!! Impact…

Slide 1 DO NOW: 9-19-2014 1. What’s happens after word of the Columbian Exchange gets out? 2. The explorers who make it to Texas first are from what country? 3. The explorers…

Slide 1 Early Explorers of Texas Slide 2 Spain came for 3 reasons... GOD: They were trying to “Christianize” the natives (indians) GOLD: They were trying to get gold…

Slide 1 The Mexican-American War Slide 2 The US and Spain A Dispute over Borders In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase had set the US border with Spain at the Rio Grande River.…

Slide 1 WESTWARD EXPANSION Slide 2 MANIFEST DESTINY 1840’s expansion of the west exploded. Felt moving westward was predestined by God Reasons – abundance of land, new…