Manifest Destiny and Settling the West

The belief that it was natural and the "obvious fate" of the United States to expand and take over territories west of the Mississippi River.

• Manifest Destiny

• territories

• Louisiana Territory

• Florida

Large regions of land that were added to the United States.

• annex

• Louisiana Territory

• Florida

• territories

The United States invaded and defeated Mexico, gaining this territory in the peace treaty that ended the war between the two countries.

• . Manifest Desny

• territories

• Mexican Cession

• annex

The U.S. Army invaded this territory, and later the U.S. government acquired it by paying off $5 million of claims against Spain.

• Louisiana Territory

• Mexico

• Oregon Country

• Florida

Several years a6er gaining its independence from Mexico, this area was admitted to the United States.

• Manifest Destiny

• territories

• Florida

• Texas

The United States paid $12 million to France to acquire this territory.

• California

• Louisiana Territory

• Oregon Country

• Mexican Cession

To add territory to a country.

• Manifest Destiny

• territories

• annex

• Louisiana Territory

The United States and Britain agreed on a boundary that divided this territory and gave the southern part of it to the United States.

• Manifest Destiny

• Oregon Country

• Mexican Cession

• Gadsden Purchase

The United States and Mexico agreed on the sale of this small piece of territory.

• Manifest Destiny

• territories

• Louisiana Territory

• Gadsden Purchase

Manifest Destiny was the belief that _________.

• it was right for the United States to expand to the Pacific Ocean.

• native people in the United States should be treated with respect.

• the United States should respect the land claims of other countries.

• all U.S. cizens should have the right to vote.