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Westward Expansion / Manifest Destiny DBQ
Directions: Analyze the documents and answer the short-answer questions that follow each document in the space provided. Document 1:
1. What happened to the population of non-Native American settlers from 18 ! to 1"
$. What happened to the Native American population from 18 ! to 1"
HW Packet 3-6 Due: Tuesday 2/21/2012 10 pts extra credit if turned in Friday 2/17/2012 Document $:
1. Accordin% to the poster& what did the West offer new settlers#
$. What economic incentives were %iven to draw settlers to the West#
'. Who offered the land for sale to the settlers#
HW Packet 3-6 Due: Tuesday 2/21/2012 10 pts extra credit if turned in Friday 2/17/2012
(he term )anifest Destiny refers to the idea that Americans not only had the ri%ht to e*pand across the continent to the +acific coast& ,ut that they had a responsi,ility to do so& since it was considered to ,e -.od/s will.0 (his passionate desire to e*pand had an enormous impact on the relations ,etween the %overnment of the 1nited 2tates and the native people of North America& as well as its relations with )e*ico and the other countries of the Americas. 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Document 3: The American c aim is !y ri"ht of our manifest destiny to o#erspread and to possess the who e of the continent which $ro#idence has "i#en us for the de#e opment of the "reat experiment of i!erty and our democratic "o#ernment entrusted to us% &t is a ri"ht such as that of the tree to the space of air and earth suita! e for the fu expansion of its princip e and destiny of "rowth% &t is in our future far more than in our past or in the past history of 'panish exp oration(that our true tit e is found%) - 4ohn 5/2ullivan 6 reporter for the )ornin% News 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
1. What does 5/2ullivan su%%est Americans should ,e a,le to possess ,y ri%ht of )anifest Destiny#
$. What reasons does he %ive#
HW Packet 3-6 Due: Tuesday 2/21/2012 10 pts extra credit if turned in Friday 2/17/2012
Document 7: (wo 5re%on trail pioneers descri,in% life on the trail: *ounted +,- dead oxen% &t is difficu t to find a campin" "round without carcasses%) - 4... 8ruff& 187" .oo/ed star#ation in the face% & ha#e seen men passin" an anima that has star#ed to death on the p ains0 stop and cut out a stea/0 roast and eat it and ca it de icious%) - 9lar: (hompson& 18!
1. 8ased on the a,ove quotes& what evidence is there that the 5re%on trail pioneers faced hun%er on the plains#
Document !: &t is my duty to assert and maintain !y a constitutiona means the ri"ht of the 1nited 'tates to that portion of our territory which ies !eyond the 2oc/y Mountains% The word sees the peacefu triumphs of the hard wor/ of our emi"rants% To the 1' 3o#ernment !e on"s the duty of protectin" them ade4uate y where#er they may !e upon our soi % The protection of our aws and the !enefits of our democratic "o#ernment shou d !e extended o#er them in the distant re"ions which they ha#e se ected for their homes%) - 4ames +ol: 6 +resident of the 1.2. 187!-187"
1. Accordin% to Document !& why does +resident +ol: thin: the 1.2. should e*tend its ,orders#
$. Would he support or oppose the )anifest Destiny# Why#
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Document ;: A 1.2. %overnor& spea:in% a,out the possi,le consequences of the )e*ican War:
5h Mr% $resident0 if he itse f cou d yawn and #omit up its insides it wou d p un"e the north and the south of the 1nited 'tates into a ci#i war% 'ha we not pause !efore it is too ate6 .et us a!andon a ideas of "ainin" further territory and cease at once this war% .et us ca home our armies% .et us wash Mexican ! ood form our hands0 and swear to preser#e honora! e peace with a the wor d and eterna !rotherhood with each other%) 1. Accordin% to document ;& why does this %overnor want to avoid war with )e*ico#
$. Would he support or oppose )anifest Destiny# Why#
Document <: =oo: at the picture called -American +ro%ress0 ,y 4ohn .ast >18<$? ,elow and answer the questions:
1. @ow does this paintin% represent )anifest Destiny#
$. What are 7 ima%es in the picture that indicate Westward A*pansion#
'. Who do you thin: the youn% woman in the paintin% represents#
HW Packet 3-6 Due: Tuesday 2/21/2012 10 pts extra credit if turned in Friday 2/17/2012
(yin% it all to%etherB. 1sin% the information from the documents you Cust analyzed& use the rest of this sheet to write a,out the relationship ,etween the concept of )anifest Destiny and the Westward %rowth of the nation. Why did people support )anifest Destiny# @ow did it lead to the %rowth of the West# What were some political& economic and social reasons for )anifest Destiny# @ow did )anifest Destiny affect different %roups of people# >)ust ,e at least ! sentences lon%?