The Manifest DestinyBy: Ibrahim Morsy, Faiz Khan, Justin Cubero, Joe Mastro, and Johnny Park

What is Manifest Destiny?

• Manifest Destiny was an idea that claimed America was destined to expand: all across The North American continent.

Honors U.S. History Block: 2B

Created by: Faiz Khan & Justin Cubero

The Louisiana

Purchase

How Did The Louisiana Purchase Improve The US?

• Doubled the USA’s current land mass• Opened the port of New Orleans for trading• Increased our boundaries for a bigger

population

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• Land extremely rich in resources• Amazing geographic position opening

southern trading• Increased food production • Mass Exporting

Economics you say?

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Social Butterfly

• Put the US in better terms with France• Population growth• Potential for improved relations with

other countries• Spreading US goods as well as those we

import

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Politically

• France controlled the area from 1699 until 1762

• 1762: Gave to Sapin under Napoleon• 1800 France Bought it back• President Jefferson made the buy• Unconstitutional?

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Military Tactics

• Decrease French strongholds• Protect the river ports• New western allies

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Special Facts

• The French sold the area to help finance the war

• The US was prepared to pay $10 Million just for the New Orleans trading post, but to their surprise the French sold the whole land mass for $15 Million

• The US spent approximately 3 cents per acre!!

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Honors U.S. History

Block 2B

Created by: Joseph Mastro

• President James K. Polk claimed Oregon

• President Polk signed Oregon Treaty with Great Britain

• New boundary between the U.S. and Great Britain at the forty-ninth parallel

• Boundary still lasts today between the U.S. and Canada

• Longest Trail & most famous

• 2,000 miles from Indepence, Missouri to Williamette Valley, Oregon

• A very danerous route, many died leaving behind cattle and goods

The Monroe Doctrine

By: Ibrahim Morsy

The Monroe Doctrine - What was happening at this time?

• Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated in 1815, European powers formed Concert of Europeo Purpose to keep power balance and suppress revolutionary ideas

• Colonies in South America declared their independence from Spain and rebelledo supplied by U.S ,recognized by U.S. in 1822

• Britain and U.S. feared France would advance on Spain's old colonieso started talks of joint policy to prevent

this

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The Monroe Doctrine - What was in it?

• President Monroe presented it to Congress 12/2/1823• Dealt with Russia's warning to not come w/ in 100 miles of Alaska

o Monroe viewed this as evidence of Russian interest in Oregon County

• Doctrine addressed European powerso said any attempt to extend into U.S. part of hemisphere would be viewed as danger for

peace & safety

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The Americas are off limits to all European countries for colonization

The Monroe Doctrine - What was the aftermath?

• Monroe Doctrine showed spirit of nationalismo belief that interests of the nation as whole are more important than interests of other

countries or regional interests

• Major turning point for American foreign policyo many presidents after Monroe put forward similar policies to keep out foreign

influences, for example, JFK and Cuba during Cuban missile crisis

• Britain passed Polignac Memorandumo Prevented france from taking action against former colonies of Spain

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MANIFEST DESTINY

-FLORIDA-

Johnny Park

Manifest Destiny- FLORIDA

-Florida was bought by Spain-The Americans believed that under Spain’s control, Florida allowed an escape route for fleeing slaves.

-Because of the suspicion that slaves were roaming free, The Americans decided they need control over Florida.

Many people

believed that

Florida was

almost a

“leak” in

America

Reasons for America Seizing Florida

• Stated in previous slide, one of the reasons America wanted Florida was to fix a leak.

• If slaves continued to flee to Florida (which was, at the time under Spain’s control), the slave market would crash as well as labor decreasing, causing a decline in goods/products.

-Another big reason sparked America to take Florida for themselves. Many Americans feared that under Spain’s control, Florida was vulnerable to other countries such as Great Britain. Considering Spain a weak country, it made them a vulnerable targets.

-If a country such as Great Britain took over Florida, it would provide them with a solidified base to slowly sweep over and eventually dominate America.

MORE Reasons for seizing Florida

• There were also many positive aspects of America taking over Florida. They looked at the economical benefits when considering purchasing Florida.

Continuing on the topic of Great

Britain, If America were to take

Florida for themselves before

Britain did, it would provide increased security within the

southern boundaries.

Economically, Florida

would allow slave owners

to expand their cotton

business towards the

south, as well as the slave

trade to expand