Westward Expansion Fast and Curious

The belief that it was America's right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent.

• Manifest Destiny

• Homestead Act

• Louisiana Purchase

• Expansion Destiny

The war with Mexico from 1846 to 1847 that resulted in Mexico ceding (giving up) half of its territory from Texas to California to the United States.

• Texas War for Independence

• Mexican-American War

• Manifest Destiny War

• The Civil War

The 1836 rebellion of Texans against Mexican rule that resulted in Texas becoming an independent nation.

• Texas War for Independence

• Mexican-American War

• The Seminole War

• The Civil War

A journey made from 1804 to 1806 to explore the territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase.

• The Oregon Trail

• The Louisiana Expedition

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Manifest Destiny

People who went to California during the gold rush.

• Explorers

• Forty-Niners

• Lewis and Clark

• Mountain Men

An overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon.

• California Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Mormon Trail

• Oregon Trail

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

• Texas

• Louisiana Purchase

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon Territory

Settlers who acquired free land from the government in return for farming it.

• Homesteader

• Pioneers

• Farmers

• Ranchers

The United States acquired this land to stop Seminole Indians from raiding farms and hiding runaway slaves.

• Florida

• Texas

• Oregon

• Mexican Cession

Area of land controlled by a nation.

• Cession

• Territory

• Capital

• Republic