美墨、西进和南北战争.pptVIP

* Westward Movement 教学目的： 1.了解西进运动的历史背景和发展阶段； 2. 了解西进运动在美国扩张历史中的重要性及对南北战争的直接影响； 3. 了解美墨战争起因和结果。 * Presidential election in 1844 The slogan of the 11th presidential election of the Democrats in 1844: “Fifty-four forty or fight; The re-annexation of Texas and re-occupation of Oregon” Democratic candidate James K. Polk; Manifest destiny—that a majority of people were determined that the nation should occupy all the vast area between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean * What does fifty-four mean? Missouri admitted into the Union in 1821 Between 1820s and 1860s: The American Industrial Re