Who, What, When, Where
The people who believed in the idea of the Manifest Destiny.
Who are the American People?
Who the American people believe gave them the divine right to move westward.
Who is God?
The war that resulted in the expansion of the US.
What is the Mexican-American War?
Most famous painting based on the Manifest Destiny, depicts a woman in white floating westward.
What is the "American Progress" by John Gast?
The president during the time of the Louisiana Purchase.
The century when the idea was most popular.
When is the 19th century?
The country Americans purchased the Louisiana Territory from.
Who are the French?
Name a factor that contributed to the drive of expansion.
Answers include:
What is nationalism, population increase, rapid economic development, and technological advancements?
Who the large woman in the middle represents.
Who is Columbia, the Goddess of America?
The President that opposed the expansion of slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The group of people at the expense of the Americans if they moved westward.
Who are the Native Americans?
Name of a similar movement during colonial time.
What is the Westward Movement?
The territories now controlled by the US.
What is Oregon, Texas, Alaska, and Maine?
What she is holding in her hands and what it is meant to symbolize.
What is a book meant to represent knowledge?
The names of the two explorers who were sent on a scientific expedition to explore the new land.
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
Best definition of the Manifest Destiny.
What is believed they had the right to move westward, even at the expense of the Native Americans that had resided in the land?
What needed to happen before Lewis and Clark's scientific expedition could be made public.
What is the ratification of the Louisiana Purchase by Congress?
The reason why the tension arose between the Northern and Southern states.
What is the debate over whether or not expanding slavery into the new territories is allowed?
Explanation of the symbolism in the difference of light painted for the Americans and for the Native Americans.
What is the idea that Americans are portrayed in brighter light to represent more knowledge and superiority, and the Native Americans are given less light to signify less knowledge and being viewed as barbaric?
The president who was strongly in support for the Manifest Destiny.
Who is James Polk?
Lands apart of Louisiana Territory bought by Thomas Jefferson.
What is Oregon Country, Texas, New Mexico, and California?
The act passed by British Parliament that prohibited the colonists from moving westward to stay out of conflict with the Native Americans.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The slogan that strongly represented the drive of American expansionists.
What is "Fifty-Four Fight or Flight!"?
The star on the woman's head and its symbolism.
What is the Star of the Empire, meant to represent the idea of Manifest Destiny and moving westward?
The name of the man who coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny" in a 1845 newspaper.
Who is John O'Sullivan?