Vocab
Manifest Destiny had an extremely negative effect on these groups
Native American people, enslaved people (more land for slavery to spread to)
A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
Pioneer
This is where the US intended to reach as they Manifested Destiny
Pacific Ocean
What was the outcome of the Mexican American war?
The United States gained a TON of land and made it to the pacific ocean
To add
annex
The reason why someone might choose to travel on the Mormon Trail
to escape religious persecution
Who called into question Polk's desire for war with Mexico?
Abraham Lincoln
What is one type of person that would definitely NOT choose to go west?
a wealthy factory owner in the North, a wealthy plantation owner, an elderly person who was sick
Westward Expansion ordained by GOD; was a way to JUSTIFY Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
President that was a supported of Manifest Destiny to the extent that he provoked a war
President Polk
What was illegal in Mexico that Tejanos wanted to practice in Texas?
slavery
What was one of the dangers of going west?
Run out of food, disease, wagon issues, river crossings
What does it mean to justify something?
to prove something is right, reasonable, or valid
According to American Progress by John Gast (painting), what did the US believe it was spreading across North America?
President Polk provoked war with Mexico by doing this
Sending troops into disputed territory