Westward Expansion Review

belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

The first women's rights convention in US history in 1848, issued the Declaration of Sentiments

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

1830's law calling for the president to give Native Americans land in parts of the Louisiana Purchase in exchange for the land taken from them in the east

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

Successful revolt by Texans against Mexican rule in 1835-1836

• Texas Annexation

• Texas War for Independence

• Mexican American War

Conflicts between the United States and Mexico from 1846-1848, ending with victory for the United States adding territory of modern-day Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, and California

• Texas Annexation

• Texas War for Independence

• Mexican American War

Which territory was acquired after a war with Mexico?

• A

• H

• F

1803 purchase of territory from France. Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• French Cession

an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement

• James K Polk

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Andrew Jackson

President known for aggressive expansion policies; expansionism led to the Mexican American War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest

• James K Polk

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Andrew Jackson

a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and Canada.

• Fugitive Slave Trail

• Underground Railroad

• Abolitionist Movement