President Jefferson sent ______________ to explore the land west of the Mississippi River in order to bring back information to help people wanting to move west

The United States doubled its size by acquiring this territory from France

The US government used the Indian Removal Act to force Native Americans off their land and march over 1000 miles known as the

The ultimate goal of the United States was to expand to the

The land where we are currently now known as California was part of ______________.

The Cherokee nation which was forced off their land in the state of ________________ in order for white settlers to occupy the territory

The Mexican territory of Texas was eventually taken over by _________ and became independent from Mexico

The United States increased its territorial expansion to the Pacific Ocean including the land of California as a result of the

The philosophy justified Westward Expansion in which it was thought that Americans had the God-given right to acquire and develop land was known as