Manifest Destiny
This belief said the United States had a divine mission to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Between 1836 and 1850, the United States added several new states mainly by expanding in this direction.
What is west?
Most covered wagons were pulled by these animals.
What are oxen?
Before becoming independent, Texas was part of this country.
What is Mexico?
The California Gold Rush began in this year.
What is 1848?
Supporters of Manifest Destiny believed that God wanted them to do this.
What is expand west?
This state was being fought over during the Mexican-American War.
What is Texas?
The Oregon Trail began in this state and ended in Oregon.
What is Missouri?
Texas declared independence from Mexico in this year.
What is 1836?
This man discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill.
Who is James Marshall?
According to Manifest Destiny, the United States was meant to stretch between these two oceans.
What are the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?
This state joined the Union in 1845 after the U.S. purchased it from Spain.
What is Florida?
The Oregon Trail was approximately this many miles long.
What is about 2,000 miles?
The border disagreement involved the Nueces River and this river.
What is the Rio Grande?
People who rushed to California in 1849 were known by this nickname.
Who are the Forty-Niners?
This group was most negatively affected by Manifest Destiny and westward expansion.
Who are Native Americans?
This former country became part of the United States after first being an independent republic.
What is Texas?
Pioneers on the Oregon Trail most often died from this.
What is disease?
This U.S. president led the country during the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
This type of transportation expanded because of the Gold Rush and helped people and supplies move west.
What is railroads?
Americans believed westward expansion would spread these two ideals.
What is freedom and democracy?
This event encouraged settlers to move west and inspired the name of the San Francisco 49ers.
What is the California Gold Rush?
This disease killed 6-10% of travelers on the Oregon Trail.
What is Cholera?
This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
These people often made more money than the miners themselves.
Who are store and business owners?