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Who was John L. O’Sullivan?
The man who came up with the idea of Manifest Destiny
What was the Annexation of Texas?
When Texas became part of the U.S.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The deal that ended the war with Mexico
What was the Oregon Trail?
A path people used to travel west
What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the U.S. should grow west
Who was James K. Polk?
The president who wanted the U.S. to grow bigger
What was the Mexican-American War?
A war that helped the U.S. gain more land
What was the Indian Removal Act?
A law that forced Native Americans to leave their land
What was the Santa Fe Trail?
A path used for trade
What was Manifest Destiny?
The belief that this was meant to happen
Who were Native Americans?
The people who already lived on the land
What was the California Gold Rush?
When people rushed west to find gold
What was the Oregon Treaty?
A deal with Britain about land in the north
What was the Oregon Territory?
Land the U.S. and Britain both wanted
What was American exceptionalism?
The idea that the U.S. is special
Who were pioneers?
People who moved west in wagons
What was the Trail of Tears?
A sad journey where Native Americans were forced to move
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
Land the U.S. bought for a railroad
Where was most of the gold found during the Gold Rush?
California
What was “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”?
A saying about getting more land
Who were settlers?
What was westward expansion?
When people moved west across the country
What was the Mexican Cession?
Land the U.S. got from Mexico
Why did some of the Americans move West?
New land and the opportunity to get rich
What was the spread of slavery?
A problem about whether slavery would grow