People/Groups
This group of people suffered from Manifest Destiny due to being removed from their home lands.
Native Americans
This territory was purchased from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States.
Louisiana Territory
In 1849, thousands rushed to California after what major discovery?
Gold
A person who moves to a new area to settle.
Pioneer
What group migrated west in search of religious freedom and settled in Utah?
Mormons
The U.S. gained this territory in 1845, sparking tensions with Mexico.
Texas
This war occurred from 1846–1848 and resulted in major land gains for the U.S.
US-Mexican War
Land that belongs to a country but is not yet a state.
Territory
These two groups helped constructed the Transcontinental Railroad.
Irish and Chinese
The U.S. acquired this large area from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Mexican Cession
The forced removal of Native Americans from the Southeast to Indian Territory is known as what?
Trail of Tears
The act of adding or incorporating a territory into an existing country.
Annexation
This American president campaigned with a Manifest Destiny platform which led to the US-Mexican War.
James K. Polk
What purchase in 1853 was made to build a transcontinental railroad through the Southwest?
Gadsden Purchase
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
This was the belief that Americans were destined to expand westward.
Manifest Destiny
He coined the term "Manifest Destiny" to describe America’s expansion westward.
John O'Sullivan
It completed America's goal of Manifest Destiny
This treaty gave America control over Florida
Adams-Onis Treaty
Belief that immigrants were ruining the culture and economy of America
Nativism