Manifest Destiny Super-Sized Edition

Define manifest destiny

• To use diplomacy and negotiation with Native Americans

• To be destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

• The disease that led to the "Oregon Fever"

• To expand the country to the Atlantic Ocean

Define annex

• Official order

• To take control of an area

• Immigrants to California because of the gold rush

• New communities built around gold miners claims

Define Forty-niner

• Official order

• To take control of an area

• Immigrants to California because of the gold rush

• New communities built around gold miners claims

Define joint occupation

• To use diplomacy and negotiation with Native Americans

• Two countries agree to occupy and settle an area

• A person who leaves a country (exits)

• To use diplomacy and negotiation with Native Americans

Define emigrant

• To expand the country to the Atlantic Ocean

• Two countries agree to occupy and settle an area

• A person who leaves a country (exits)

• To use diplomacy and negotiation with Native Americans

The Adams-Onis Treaty was between America and what other country?

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Russia

• Canada

What did Spain give up in the Adams-Onis Treaty?

• Its' claims to the Oregon Territory

• Its' claims to Texas and Mexico

• Its' claims to California and New Mexico

• Its' claims to the Louisiana Purchase

How did most people get to Oregon?

• Along the Oregon Trail

• Sailed around South America

• Went west through California to Oregon

• Followed the path of Lewis and Clark

Identify TWO decrees that Mexico required American's do to live in Texas.

• Learn Spanish

• Bring slaves into Texas

• Convert to Catholicism

• Increased taxes

Who was fighting Mexico in the Texas Revolution?

• The United States

• Texas

• California

• Oregon Country