CFA #2 Manifest Destiny

What factors contributed to the rapid expansion of U.S. territory in the 1840s?

• Purchase of land from European nations

• War, international treaties, and annexation

• Peaceful negotiations with Native American nations

• Gold rush and populaton boom

There was hesitation in Texas annexation before 1845 over ​ (a)   . However, James Polk's election ​ (b)   the calls for annexation.

• division over slavery
• energized
• support for independence
• disagreement on trade
• concerns about foreign intervention
• silenced
• delayed

Match the event with its outcome

• U.S. gains control of Pacific Northwest

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas becomes 28th state

• Oregon Treaty

• Mexico sells 500k square miles to U.S.

• Annexation of Texas

Reorder the key events leading to the U.S. gaining the Mexican Cession

• The U.S. declares war on Mexico

• Mexico sells land to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• Mexican soldiers attack U.S. troops along the Rio Grande

• Dispute over Texas' border between the U.S. and Mexico

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Benefited from Expansion

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(b) Resisted Expansion

• American settlers

• U.S. Government

• Mexican Government

• Native American Nations

According to the textbook, what was manifest destiny?

Based on the textbook, why did the U.S. take over new territories in the 1840s?

According to Document A, why did American pursue expansion in the 1840s?

Does Document A support or refute the textbook account? Explain.

According to Document B, why did America pursue expansion in the 1840s?