Manifest Destiny
True or False: Manifest Destiny was the idea that the United States was destined to expand across North America and spread its beliefs. Americans used this idea to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and obtaining new territories through war.
True. American settlers felt they were destined to expand westward.
Comment on one way Native Americans demonstrated resistance to Manifest Destiny expansion.
Resistance included armed conflict, diplomatic negotiations with the U.S. government, legal challenges through the courts, and attempts to maintain their cultural practices despite forced relocations.
Imperialism is the practice of a country extending its power and influence over other countries or territories. that are ____________.
weaker, less powerful, less influential
True or False: Hawaii was seen as a strategic military base.
True: Important naval base for America
Why country lost interest in Alaska and offered to sell it to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would off-set the designs of Russia’s greatest rival in the Pacific, Great Britain?
Russia
True or False: American settlers did not think they were ordained by God to expand out west and acquire more territory.
False. They thought they were destined through God to expand and spread their beliefs of capitalism and democracy.
Describe the overall feelings Native Americans had towards westward expansion.
Anger, frustration, believed it was unjust, unfair, inhumane, etc.
False. Colonialism is one way countries who follow imperialism gain control and power of territories.
Do you think the Hawaiian annexation was done with or without the consent of the Native Hawaiian people? Why?
Without consent.
Gold
Name 2 positive outcomes of Manifest Destiny.
Economic growth, access to natural resources, and the acquisition of new territories, cheap land, discovery of gold, etc.
How could the depletion (reduction) of buffalo herd through westward expansion hurt Native American tribes?
Buffalo was often the tribe's main food source. They used its hide for clothing and shelter, its bones for tools, and various other parts for items like jewelry, utensils, and even ceremonial purposes; essentially, they used almost every part of the animal, making it a vital component of their survival.
With imperialism, countries spread their economic, political, and ___________ control over a weaker territory.
military, religious, cultural
Whaling was one reason to acquire Hawaii. Whaling is the practice of hunting whales for __________.
their meat, blubber, and other usable products.
True or False: The purchase of Alaska ended Russia's presence in North America.
Name 2 negative outcomes of Manifest Destiny.
Forced removal of Native Americans from their lands, increased tensions between North and South, increased tension between Native Americans and Chinese immigrants, lawlessness with expansion, failure of most fortune seekers, etc.
True or False: From 1778 to 1871, the United States government entered into more than 500 treaties with the Native American tribes;
True. To this day, Native Americans and First Nations peoples are still fighting for their treaty rights in federal court cases.
What ideas motivated American imperialism (reasons why American settlers wanted to continue to expand)?
Exploration, economic expansion, increased political power, the spread of ideological beliefs, and the spreading of religious beliefs and practices to others.
How did the US justify taking over Hawaii?
Manifest Destiny, America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and increased economic wealth and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power.
In Alaska, the Americans saw a potential for gold, fur and fisheries, as well as more trade with countries in the continent of _____________, such as Japan and China.
Asia
How did the idea of westward expansion through Manifest Destiny contribute (lead to) the Civil War?
States became Union states. Southern states were worried of upkeep with slavery and how this would affect their economy.
The most well-known example of forced displacement resulting from Manifest Destiny was the "Trail of Tears," where the Cherokee and other "Five Civilized Tribes" were forcibly removed from their Southeastern homelands and marched to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). We can infer this trail was called "The Trail of Tears" because....
Incredible suffering and death with this forced journey, marked by disease, starvation, and exposure, often described as a "trail of tears and death" by those who survived it.
In the 19th century, many Americans opposed (were against) imperialism because they believed it contradicted the core American values of self-determination (ability to make own choices and manage own life) and democracy. How could imperialism go against these core values?
Anti-imperialists argued that taking over other countries went against the idea of "government by consent of the governed" as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
Annexing Hawaii was a gateway to trading with which continent?
Asia. It helped the US expand their territory in the Pacific Ocean area.
Purchasing Alaska helped the United States extend power into what area: the Pacific or the Atlantic?
Pacific, also Arctic Ocean up north