Roots/ Causes of Manifest Destiny
What is Manifest Destiny?
The U.S. government and its citizens believed that the nation's destiny or fate was to expand westward from sea to sea.
Name me the territory purchased from Spain by the United States: include price, and how it impacted the United States
LOUISIANA PURCHASE; IT DOUBLED THE UNITED STATES. It was 15 million
DUE TO WESTWARD EXPANSION MUCH CONFLICT WAS CAUSED AMONGST SETTLERS, WHICH WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT DURING WESTWARD EXPANSION
U.S. MEXICAN WAR
The people, mostly men, who left their homes in 1849 to travel to California in search of gold during the California Gold Rush
the 49ers
Advocates/Shared Goals for Manifest Destiny:
1. occupy all of North America, 2. expand westward to the Pacific Ocean, 3. gain the Territory of Oregon
Name another territory that was purchased from Spain
FLORDIA
This law authorized the President to negotiate treaties to remove Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
Indian Removal Act of 1830:
The 19th-century belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the entire North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
What were the Social Roots of Manifest Destiny?
Increased Population and growth in cities ( inexpensive land)
The annexation of which territory caused the U.S. Mexican War to occur?
TEXAS
One of the most arising conflicts with Westerward Expansion due to Manifest Destiny was the spread of?
Extending the nation beyond its existing borders.
Expansion
What were the Political roots of Manifest Destiny?
Spread of Democracy
AFTER THE U.S.-MEXICAN WAR, WHICH TERRITORY WAS GAINED BY THE UNITED STATES?
MEXICAN CESSION ( NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, UTAH, COLORADO, PART OF WYOMING, AND CALIFORNIA.
allowed any head of household who was a citizen (or in the process of becoming one) to claim 160 acres of unoccupied and surveyed Federal land for a small filing fee
Homestead Act
The historical movement of people westward across the North American continent.
Westward Expansion
What were economic motives for Manifest Destiny AND what did this mean for Western States?
NEW MARKETS, FOREIGN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES, AN ADUNDANCE OF INEXPENSIVE FARMLAND, DISCOVER OF GOLD. THE ABUNDANCE OF INEXPENSIVE LAND MEANT WEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE.
The annexation of this territory was the last upon fulfilling Westward Expansion ( include goal)
Gadsden Purchase ; support settlement of U.S. territory gained through the U.S. Mexican War.
Who coined the term Manifest Destiny
John O' Sullivan
The 11th President of the United States during the time of the westward expansion
President Polk