Manifest Destiny

What land did we get from the Treaty of Paris?

• Florida

• Western Lands ( From Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River)

• Louisiana Purchase

• Texas

What land agreement gave us from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains? From whom?

• Florida, Spain

• Western Lands ( From Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River)

• Louisiana Purchase, France

• Texas, Mexico

What land did we get in the Adams Onis Treaty ? From whom?

• Florida, Spain

• Western Lands ( From Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River)

• Louisiana Purchase, France

• Texas, Mexico

Texas declared independence from _____, later was added (annexed) into (what country)_____.

• Mexico, United States

• Mexico, Spain

• France, United States

• United States, France

President Polk asked Mexico if the U.S. could buy the land in the Southwest, what happened next...

• They said no, but we negotiated with Napoleon and got all the land for $15 million

• They said yes and we paid them $15 million for the land

• We gave up and did not push the issue further

• Mexico said no , we declared war, after the war we gained land and paid $15 million for it

Why did people move west? (reasons- push/pull factors) PICK 2

• They were running away from the British troops during the Revolutionary War

• Religious freedom

• gold rush

• they wanted to find the northwest passage that Lewis and Clark did not locate

What were some dangers and obstacles of moving west?

• fighting with the French who refused to turn over the land

• lack of food, intense storms, wagons breaking down

• finding Lewis and Clark to follow

Describe how a wagon train worked.

• A wagon is a 4 wheeled cart.

• Families would join together and work as a moving community. They put together resources and remained together for safety.

• You had to be wealthy to join the train and it would only allow land owning families to join.

• It was a railroad.

Positive impacts of the transcontinental railroad

Select 2

• cut down on travel time to the west

• claimed the land for the United States

• united the nation from east to west

• made Lewis and Clark's journey incredibly easy

Negative impacts of the transcontinental railroads

Select 2

• Cut through Native American territory

• killed all the fish

• killed the buffalo

• it was too expensive and no one took it, it did not last long