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The 11th President of the United States who built his presidential campaign off of the idea of Manifest Destiny. He was president during the U.S.-Mexican War.
Who is President James K. Polk?
Cause:???
Effects: The U.S. fulfilled the goals of Manifest Destiny, conflict over the expansion of slavery increased
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? (will also accept Mexican Cession)
Gained in 1787 from Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution. Gave the U.S. access to fertile river valleys.
What is the Northwest Territory/Ohio River Valley?
The belief that the U.S. has the right (some think a God-given or divine right) to expand its territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Used civil disobedience to protest the U.S.-Mexican War. He refused to pay his poll taxes (money that would fund the war) and was sent to prison.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Cause: Border dispute with Mexico, annexation of Texas
Effect:???
What is the U.S.-Mexican War?
This piece of land was gained when the U.S. signed a treaty with Great Britain. It established a border between the U.S. and present-day Canada at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Territory?
A Manifest Destiny policy that resulted in the mass displacement of Native Americans.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
An important leader in Texas history. Helped Texas win its independence from Mexico and became the first president of the Republic of Texas. Later, he served as a U.S. senator and governor of Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
Cause: ???
Effects: Helped the settlement of territory gained through the U.S.-Mexican War, expanded the U.S. railroad system
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This large piece of land was purchased by the U.S. as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This chunk of land helped the U.S. to fulfill its goal of Manifest Destiny (reaching the Pacific Ocean).
What is the Mexican Cession?
Name at least 2 groups that were harmed by Manifest Destiny policies.
Who are Native tribes, European countries, Mexico, native wildlife, or native plants?
A Mexican general and political leader. He fought against Texas during the Texas Revolution and led Mexican forces at the Battle of the Alamo. He was defeated by Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, which helped Texas gain its independence from Mexico.
Who is Santa Anna?
Cause: ???
Effects: Population boom in California, increase in Chinese immigrants in the U.S.
What is the California Gold Rush?
A small strip of land on the southern edge of the U.S. This piece of land was bought from Mexico for the purpose of helping the U.S. settle territory gained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Name at least one invention that helped the U.S. to fulfill its goal of Manifest Destiny.
What are the cotton gin, railroads, telegraph, or the steel plow?
He doubled the size of the country by completing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and consequently expanded (or grew) the power of the president by making that purchase from France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Cause: ???
Effects: Settlers replaced native crops with domestic crops, bison populations decreased due to illness and resource competition
Hint: What types of factors are being talked about?
What is the environmental impacts of westward expansion?
This territory on the East Coast was gained from Great Britain through the Treaty of Paris. This was the first territory of the U.S.
What is the 13 Colonies?
In his iconic painting called "American Progress," John Gast portrays the U.S. as settling the land from coast to coast, driving out the "darkness" of Native peoples and indigenous animals while ushering in the "light" of civilization and modern inventions. What idea/belief is represented in this painting?
What is Manifest Destiny?