Unit 5 Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny/Mexican War

Unit 5 Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny/Mexican War

8th Grade

14 Qs

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Unit 5 Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny/Mexican War

Unit 5 Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny/Mexican War

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8th Grade

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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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