Manifest Destiny Review

What is the name given to the idea that the US should move west?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Louisiana Purchase

• Manifest Destiny

• Annexation Authority

Reasons used for expansion...

• Providence

• Political system

• Population

• Popularity

Credited with coining the term manifest Destiny

• John O’Sullivan

• Francis Baylis

• Lewis and Clark

• President John Tyler

Texas was once part of

• California

• Spain

• Unclaimed Territory

• Mexico

In simple terms this means that, population growth will outpace food production

• Population Bomb

• Monroe's Theory

• Malthusian Theory

• Ehrlich Hypothesis

What territories were the focus of Polk's expansion

• Mexcio

• Canada

• Texas

• Oregon

Issues with expansion

• Expansion could lead to the loss of lives

• Texas had never claimed independence from Mexico

• France had claim over the Oregon territory since an agreement had been made in 1818

• Large portions of the west are controlled by indigenous people