MANIFEST DESTINY & MOTIVES
What belief said the U.S. was destined to expand west across North America?
Manifest Destiny
What law explained how U.S. territories could become states?
Northwest Ordinance
What river did the U.S. claim as the southern border of Texas?
Rio Grande
What was the longest westward trail?
Oregon Trail
Which group moved west to escape religious persecution?
Mormons
Which two oceans did Manifest Destiny say the U.S. should stretch between?
Atlantic and Pacific
How many people were required to apply for statehood?
60,000
What river did Mexico claim as the border?
Nueces River
Which trail was mainly used for trade with New Mexico?
Santa Fe Trail
What type of factor pushes people out of their home country?
Negative conditions
Who was the writer that popularized Manifest Destiny?
John L. O’Sullivan
What purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
What war was caused by this border dispute?
U.S.–Mexican War
What trail did the Mormons use to reach Utah?
Mormon Trail
What canal connected western farms to the Hudson River?
Erie Canal
Name ONE reason Americans supported Manifest Destiny.
Land, resources, spread democracy, God-given right
Which president bought the Louisiana Territory?
Thomas Jefferson
What treaty ended the U.S.–Mexican War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What were people who rushed to California for gold called?
Forty-Niners
Name ONE negative environmental effect of westward expansion.
Pollution, deforestation, habitat loss
How did Manifest Destiny help shape U.S. borders?
Expansion west to the Pacific / acquiring new territories
What land was gained after the U.S.–Mexican War?
Mexican Cession
Which writer protested the war by refusing to pay taxes?
Henry David Thoreau
What type of town was abandoned after gold ran out?
Ghost town
What convention focused on women’s rights and suffrage?
Seneca Falls Convention