Manifest Destiny

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What is Manifest Destiny?

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The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America.

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The war with Mexico BEGAN with

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a border dispute in Texas

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The last piece of land acquired from Mexico was the Gadsden Purchase. Why did the US purchase this land?

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it was needed for the building of a railroad

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The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that American should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the __________

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Pacific Ocean

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Which area on the map was acquired by the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo after war with this country? Options: Texas Annexation, Gadsden Purchase, Oregon Territory.

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Mexican Cession

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Name the piece of Land: Texas Annexation, Mexican Cession, Louisiana Purchase, Florida Cession

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Louisiana Purchase

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Name the piece of land.

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Oregon Country 

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What year did the most miners rush to California?

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1849

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The US got Florida from this country after the Adams-Onis Treaty.

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Spain

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Which group of people immigrated to Northeast America after a potato famine working jobs in factories in cities like New York?

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Irish