Manifest Destiny
This belief held that the United States was meant to expand westward (sea to sea/coast to coast).
What is Manifest Destiny?
This purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This war occurred because of disputes related to westward expansion.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This transportation system allowed goods and people to move across long distances.
What are railroads?
This group immigrated to the western United States during the 1800s for economic opportunity.
Who are Chinese immigrants?
This word or idea was often used to justify westward expansion as God’s will.
What is Providence?
One reason the United States wanted land west of the Mississippi River.
What is to expand settlement, control trade, or gain resources?
One cause of conflict between the United States and Mexico in the 1800s.
What is border disputes, the annexation of Texas, or Manifest Destiny?
One way railroads helped the U.S. economy grow.
What is expanding markets or making trade faster and cheaper?
One pull factor that attracted people to move west.
What is jobs, land, gold, or economic opportunity?
This belief encouraged Americans to see westward expansion as a way to strengthen the nation.
What is the idea that expansion would increase national power and opportunity?
This dispute with Great Britain involved the slogan “54°40’ or Fight.”
What is the Oregon boundary dispute?
This was a major result of the Mexican-American War for the United States.
What is gaining new territory?
This is why railroads were important for connecting different regions of the country.
What is linking producers and consumers across regions?
This describes how westward expansion changed settlement patterns in the U.S.
What is people moving west and forming new towns and states?
One result of Manifest Destiny for people already living in western territories.
What is displacement of Native Americans or forced removal?
This land acquisition helped support transportation and trade in the Southwest.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
One economic activity that increased as settlers moved west.
What is farming, mining, or trade?
This is how immigrants contributed to westward expansion.
What is providing labor for railroads, mining, and farming?
This is how Manifest Destiny connects belief to action in the 1800s.
What is the belief that justified U.S. expansion and territorial growth?
This explains why territorial expansion was important to the growth of the United States.
What is gaining land to support population growth, trade, and economic development?
This explains how conflict helped the United States achieve its expansion goals.
What is gaining land and strengthening national power?
This describes the overall economic impact of westward expansion.
What is national economic growth through expanded markets and resources?
This explains the connection between immigration and economic growth in the West.
What is immigrant labor supporting expansion and development?