Review: Manifest Destiny & Civil War

Summarize: Manifest Destiny

• The genocide against Native Americans committed by the 13 colonies

• When the United States and Britain were negotiating the peace treaty terms after the American Revolution

• When white Americans believed God told them to take over the North American continent

• The Space Race during the Cold War

Manifest Destiny included...

• The American Revolution

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Trail of Tears

• The building of the Titanic

• The Mexican-American War

Who did the US purchase the Louisiana territory from?

• King Louis XVI (16^th)

• Lewis and Clark

• Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Chesterton P. Inventedname

Even though the US bought the Louisiana Purchase, it was not empty land. The land belonged to and was inhabited by (a)  

How much bigger did the United States get with the Louisiana Purchase?

• 10% bigger!

• 25% bigger!

• 50% bigger!

• 79.80427t34520486573% bigger!

What is being shown in the map? (on phones click the map to enlarge!)

• The Trail of Tears

• The Boston Tea Party

• The American Revolution

• The Space Race during the Cold War

• The first NASCAR race

During the Trail of Tears white americans forced Native people to leave their ancestral homes under threats of death if they did not comply. They were moved to "indian reservation" lands. What are two things you learned in the EdPuzzle about these reservations?

• The reservations were on the worst land in North America (near impossible to farm on, very little water.)

• The reservations were located on land close to the East coast

• White americans assumed all Native people were the same and forced people of many different tribes onto one reservation

The Mexican-American War started over the US wanting to take over...

• Arizona

• Oregon

• Louisiana

• Texas

When the US won Texas in the war with Mexico, they didn't stop there, they forced Mexico to also give up...

• California

• Oregon

• Nevada

• Arizona

• New Mexico

What is going to happen next? (on phones click the map to enlarge!)

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Civil War

• The Civil Liberties Association

• TROUBLE!!! (don't pick this one.)