Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny

The Texas Revolution was caused by

• desire to own land

• harsh Spanish leaders

• Mexico abolished local government

• people overthrowing government

The United States got the land to make

• Louisiana, California, and Oregon

• the United States we know today

• a portion of the United States

• United States and Canada

Land west of the Mississippi River was acquired by

• purchases, robbery, treaties

• purchases, treaty, luck

• treaties, purchases, war

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that ownership should be taken

• The belief that all other cultures should be wiped out.e

• The belief that it was destiny to spread religion, culture, and government.

• The belief that whatever will happen will happen.

President Jefferson sent _____ and _____ to explore the newly acquired area.

• John Sutter and John Marshall

• Sacagawea and Sequoyah

• Lewis and Clark

• Alexander MacKenzie and John Cabot

What were the issues/arguments between Spain and the United States?

• slavery

• citizenship

• the border between east and west

• the border Mexico and U.S.

What did the U.S. gain from the Mexican American War?

• 1,000,000 square miles of land

• 500,000 square miles of land

• peace in the east

• peace in the west

True or False: Manifest Destiny was good for all people.

• True

• False

More than four thousand Cherokee died on this forced march.

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

How did most pioneers travel?

• Wagon Trains

• Horseback

• Transcontinental Railroad

• In very small groups