Presidential Manifests
Thomas Jefferson
Name a cause of the Mexican American War.
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Name another! (We have four!)
Mexico had accused the United States of supporting the Texas independence movement in order to add Texas to its territory
United States’ actual annexation of Texas reinforced those suspicions
Many American settlers in another large Mexican territory, California, also wanted to become part of the United States
United States and Mexico also could not agree on the location of Texas’s border
This current state's Gold Rush led to immigrants traveling across the country and the world to it.
California
The name for migrants that moved west in 1849 looking for gold in California.
49ers
The proper definition of "Manifest Destiny."
Belief that it was “God’s will” for America to control territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
This person was President of the United States when the Indian Removal Act was passed, and went against the Supreme Court's decision when he refused to enforce their ruling in Worcester v. Georgia.
Andrew Jackson
This Treaty ended the Mexican American War, officially recognizing the Rio Grande as the border between Mexico and Texas / the United States.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The French sold this territory, including the port of New Orleans, to the United States.
The Louisiana Territory
This group of people migrated west hoping to spread their religion.
Missionaries
Or Mormons, Religious people.
Why was Jefferson unsure that he should make the Louisiana Purchase?
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We have two!
Jefferson wasn’t sure that he had the constitutional authority to make the purchase.
He was unsure of what was there in the lands.
This person became President of the United States after winning an election by running on a platform supporting the expansion of the United States, and achieving its Manifest Destiny.
James K. Polk
The lands added following the end of the Mexican American War are known as:
the Mexican Cession
The Indian Removal Act centered on removing the Cherokee primarily from this state, which had undergone a gold rush.
Georgia
These were people who lived life on their own terms. Many were trappers, fur traders, and or navigators.
Mountain Men
(Pioneers)
This person was the leader of the Mormons when they south to avoid persecution by travelling and settling in Utah.
Brigham Young
This person was President of the United States at the beginning stages of Texas's annexation into the United States.
James Tyler
The President of Mexico during Texas's revolt and The Mexican American War.
Antonio López de Santa Anna
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 declared that Oregon would go as far north as the 49th Parallel and..
The United States would take sole possession of the new Oregon Territory.
This group of people looked to the West as an escape from slavery, racism, and discrimination; although they often still encountered prejudice and discrimination.
African Americans
The Treaty of 1818 allowed for American and Britain to jointly occupy this territory and future state in America.
Oregon Country
After the conclusion of the Mexican American War and the U.S. adding the Mexican Cession lands through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
This person was President of the United States when the United States made the Gadsden Purchase.
Franklin Pierce
The President of the 1st Republic of Texas, prior to its annexation into the United States.
Sam Houston
The U.S. acquired this land so that it could construct a transcontinental railroad in the South.
Gadsden Purchase
This group of people mostly came across the Pacific Ocean to travel to California. Where were they from?
China (the Chinese)
This American columnist and editor first used the term "manifest destiny" in 1845 to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States
John O'Sullivan