Fast and Curious Manifest Destiny

Manifest Destiny

• an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.

  Lewis and Clark Expedition

• A period when people settled the Great Plains and the remaining frontier

Lewis and Clark Expedition

• an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.

  Lewis and Clark Expedition

• A period when people settled the Great Plains and the remaining frontier

Westward Expansion

• an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.

  Lewis and Clark Expedition

• A period when people settled the Great Plains and the remaining frontier

Transcontinental Railroad

• an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase

• Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.

  Lewis and Clark Expedition

• A period when people settled the Great Plains and the remaining frontier

Chinese Workers

• Labor group of the Transcontinental Railroad who was treated poorly. Also involved in the California Gold Rush.

• 1,300-mile-long route used by Mormons to travel west to Utah

• pioneer trail that began in missouri and crossed the Great Plains into the Oregon country

• nickname of people that moved to California in hopes to become rich

49ers

• Labor group of the Transcontinental Railroad who was treated poorly. Also involved in the California Gold Rush.

• 1,300-mile-long route used by Mormons to travel west to Utah

• pioneer trail that began in missouri and crossed the Great Plains into the Oregon country

• nickname of people that moved to California in hopes to become rich

Mormon Trail

• Labor group of the Transcontinental Railroad who was treated poorly. Also involved in the California Gold Rush.

• 1,300-mile-long route used by Mormons to travel west to Utah

• pioneer trail that began in missouri and crossed the Great Plains into the Oregon country

• nickname of people that moved to California in hopes to become rich

Oregon Trail

• Labor group of the Transcontinental Railroad who was treated poorly. Also involved in the California Gold Rush.

• 1,300-mile-long route used by Mormons to travel west to Utah

• pioneer trail that began in missouri and crossed the Great Plains into the Oregon country

• nickname of people that moved to California in hopes to become rich

Mexican Cession

• territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

• US helped Texas receive its freedom from Mexico. Later the government would annex the territory to become part of the United States.

• The United States gained this area from Spain after Andrew Jackson invaded and attacked the Seminole

• Lands sold by Mexico to the US following the Mexican War

Florida Cession

• territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

• US helped Texas receive its freedom from Mexico. Later the government would annex the territory to become part of the United States.

• The United States gained this area from Spain after Andrew Jackson invaded and attacked the Seminole

• Lands sold by Mexico to the US following the Mexican War