Manifest Destiny
This belief said America was meant to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark began their journey in this city.
What is Saint Louis, Missouri?
Before becoming a U.S. state, Texas belonged to this country.
What is Mexico?
Many settlers moved west for adventure and this.
What are new beginnings?
Under Manifest Destiny, the United States would __________ in size as it expanded west.
What is triple (or grow)?
The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from this country.
What is France?
This president sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
“Remember the Alamo!” became a phrase from this fight.
What is Texas’s independence?
This event encouraged people to move west in search of gold.
What is the Gold Rush?
Many Americans believed westward expansion would make everyone rich and give them plenty of this.
What is land?
This president completed the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Lewis and Clark explored plants, animals, Native Americans, and searched for this type of route.
What is a water route to the Pacific Ocean?
The Alamo was originally built as this type of building.
What is a Spanish mission?
Native Americans were forced to leave this.
What is land?
Europeans were attracted to America because of land to farm, space to build homes, and this freedom.
What is religious freedom?
The Louisiana Purchase cost this amount of money.
What is $15 million?
This Shoshone woman helped Lewis and Clark by interpreting.
Who is Sacagawea?
Texas became a state on this date.
What is December 29, 1845?
Severe weather, illness, fighting, and death were examples of these.
What are hardships?
Manifest Destiny encouraged Americans to settle across this entire continent.
What is North America?
This purchase helped the U.S. expand westward.
What is westward expansion?
Lewis and Clark explored land about the size of this modern-day state.
What is Texas?
Today, the Alamo serves as this type of place.
What is a public monument and memorial?
Westward expansion caused Native American tribes and families to be this.
What is broken apart?