Westward Expansion-Manifest Destiny

The time period of Westward expansion is marked by...

• Land Acquisition

• First Civil Rights movement across the country

• Transatlantic trade agreement with Britain and France

• War with Britain

Migration is the...

• Cause of the Mexican American War

• Movement of people from one place to another

• Place or area people live

• What led to the Transcontinental Railroad

Statehood is...

• When a territory becomes a state

• The process of becoming a country

• The formal declaration of war between two countries

• When a state is "mature" can can legally vote

What is a region?

• Process by which a territory becomes a state

• Place people live

• Area or section of land. Part of a place.

What is Manifest Destiny?

• It was the Destiny of the United States to decrease in size to original boarders

• The United States Destiny was to Manifest great wealth

• Belief that the United States should share land with Native Americans

• Idea that the United States should expand from coast to coast

The Northwest Ordinance was...

• Laws that governed the Northwest territories only

• Set of rules by which a territory becomes a state

• Citizenship rules and requirements

• Law giving free land to those willing to move west

The annexation of Texas caused...

• The Civil War

• The First Civil War of Texas

• The Mexican American War

• The size of the country to double

The Louisiana Purchase caused...

• Mexican American War

• The Second Civil War

• The First Civil War in the United States

• The size of the United States to double

The Mexican American War ended with...

• The Treaty of Paris of 1845

• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The first American defeat in a War

• The Treaty of Velasco

The American victory in the Mexican American War led to...

• The annexation of Texas

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Gaining the Oregon Territiroy

• The Mexican Cession