Manifest Destiny

How did the US change between 1803-1848?

• It became more diverse

• It added the land between the Mississippi River and the Pacific ocean to its territory

• It adopted a new constitution

What is "Manifest Destiny"?

• A move to more manufactured goods in the 1800s

• Patriotic celebrations for Andrew Jackson

• The belief that the US had a duty to spread democracy and civilization to the Pacific Ocean

Why do you think that they refer to Manifest Destiny as not being "necessarily nice"?

• Native Americans (and the buffalo) were driven off their lands, almost eliminated entirely.

• Native Americans lived in harmony with these new immigrants from the United States.

• Native Americans and white settlers built huge cities together and lived in peace.

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Who established the first outposts and mapped out trails across the continent?

• Trappers and mountain men, with the help of Native Americans

• Mormons and other religious groups

• 49ers looking for gold in San Francisco, California

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What was "homesteading"?

• The US government would give you land if you planned on farming it

• Building free homes for anyone who wanted one

• Offering equal plots of land to everyone in the US for nothing in return

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Which was the most famous trail people took to move out west?  

• The Mormon Trail 

• The California Trail 

• The Oregon Trail 

• The Santa Fe Trail 

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What killed 1 in 20 travelers on the Oregon Trail?

• Bears

• Cholera

• Snow Drifts

Native American traditional ways of life were safe with all these new immigrants expanding to the West?

• True 

• False

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How did westward expansion impact Native Americans?

• It didn't have much of an impact

• Native Americans were forced off their land on to reservations

• It created new alliances between Native Americans and the U.S. government

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Technology such as the Transcontinental Railroad helped travelers get to the West much easier than before.  (From 5 months to a few days!)

• True 

• False 

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