Unit Two: Western ExpansionMonroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny

Daily Objectives:• Cause and Effect• Note Taking• Lewis and Clark Picture

Analysis • Monroe Doctrine Handout• Study Cards (2)• Zap Song

ReviewNotebook Activity

Cause and Effect(1) Cause: General Antonio Santa Anna gains power in Mexico and tightens his control over Texas.

(3) Effect: The United States gains New Mexico, California, and Arizona.

(4) Cause: Gold is found in California, sparking the movement of thousands of people into the territory.

(2) Cause: President Polk wants Oregon and creates the phrase “54-40 or Fight.”

(5) Cause: Jefferson and Madison write the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.

(6) Cause: Napoleon needs to raise money for his war effort against Europe.

South Carolina StandardUSHC-2.2- Explain how the Monroe Doctrine and the concept of Manifest Destiny affected the United States’ relationships with foreign powers, including the role of the United States in the Texan Revolution and the Mexican War.

III. Monroe Doctrine(A) With the end of the War of 1812 and the Federalist party, the United States

entered a period of natural pride and political unity known as the Era of Good Feelings.

(B) It was during this period that President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823.

(1) Monroe stated that the United States would not tolerate European intervention in the affairs of any independent nation in the Americas.

(2) He also made it clear that the American continents were no longer open to European colonization and that the US would view any future attempts to colonize as acts of aggression.

(3) Finally, the president promised that the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of other American countries, nor

to those of European nations.

IV. Manifest Destiny(A) As the United States approached the middle of the 19th century, a great

sense of nationalism, pride in the United States, inspired many to want to add to the US territory.

(B) Many leaders and citizens believed it was God’s sovereign will for the US to expand and posses territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

(C) Those who shared this conviction referred to it as “Manifest Destiny,” and it inspired many to see western settlement as a sacred duty.

V. Missouri Compromise(A) Conflict Over Slavery

(1) No political issue caused more division in the United States as it expanded west than the institution of slavery. (2) Free northern states opposed the addition of new slave states. (3) Conversely, southern states feared that the addition of free states would leave them at a political disadvantage.

(B) Balance of Power(1) All new states north of the line would be free states, while those to the south would be slave states. (2) It was designed to maintain the balance of power in Washington, DC.

Review Notebook Activity

Directions: Analyze the painting of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Select one of the figures in the painting and write a paragraph description.

Historical Analysis

Toussaint Charbonneau

Sacagawea

Meriwether Lewis

William ClarkYork

John Colter

Classroom Activity

Directions: Read the Monroe Doctrine and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

(1) Summarize the main message of the Monroe Doctrine?

(2) What events led to the creation of the Monroe Doctrine?

(3) How has the US intervened in world affairs? Did the US follow their stated policy?

Monroe Doctrine

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Monroe Doctrine

(1)No European Involvement

(2) No Colonization of the Americas

(3) Act of War

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Manifest Destiny

(1) Westward Expansion to Pacific Ocean

(2) God’s Will/ Sovereign Duty

Exit SlipDirections: Create a rap song, summarizing the key concepts of Western Expansion. The song needs at least five lines of lyrics.

(1) Which geographic feature is primarily responsible for the lowest population the area shown on the map?(a) Columbia River(b) Pacific Ocean(c) Rocky Mountains(d) Mississippi River Valley

(2) Thomas Jefferson authorized what expedition to explore new territories that lay west of the Mississippi River?

(a) Sacajawea Expedition

(b) Great Expedition

(c) Lewis and Clark Expedition

(d) Western Expedition

(3) Manifest Destiny was used to justify an American desire to

(a) limit the number of immigrants entering the country

(b) control the area located east of the Appalachian Mountains

(c) warn Europe countries against colonizing Latin America

(d) expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean

(4) One was in which the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798) and the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (1832) are similar is that each

(a) claimed that individual states have the right to interpret federal laws

(b) formed part of the unwritten constitution

(c) supported the federal government’s power to declare war

(d) provided a way for new states to enter the Union

(5) A major reason for the insurance of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) was to

(a) discourage United States trade with Latin America

(b) defend the Panama Canal from Great Britain

(c) prevent further European colonization in the Caribbean region

(d) provide economic aid to Latin American nations