Unit 5 Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny/Mexican War

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8th Grade
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Andrew Greer
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American belief that it was the right and duty of the U.S to extend its borders and influence from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
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*Created under the Articles of Confederation
*Set up a 3-phase plan for admitting new states to the Union
*New states would be equal to the Original 13
Gold Rush
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Texas Annexation
Louisiana Purchase
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*1803 – Under president Thomas Jefferson, U.S. bought LA territory from Napoleon Bonaparte of France who was desperate for cash.
*Jefferson had to use the “elastic clause” in the Constitution because there was nothing in the Constitution about buying new territory.
*Effect: Doubled the size of the United States
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*1804-1806 - President Jefferson authorized Meriwether Lewis and James Clark and the Corps of Discovery to explore LA Territory and find a route to the Pacific Ocean
Gadsden Purchase
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Gold Rush
Louisiana Pruchase
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*1845 - U.S. Annexed (added) Texas as the 28th state
*This increased tension between U.S. and Mexico over boundary disputes
*Texas/U.S. and Mexico disputed whether their border was Nueces River or Rio Grande
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*1846-48 -War erupted between U.S. and Mexico over boundary dispute
*War ended with Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Trail of Tears
Mexican American War
Texas Annexation
Louisiana Purchase
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*Under treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Mexico ceded (gave) much of what is today the Southwestern U.S. (California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah) for $15 million.
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