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Texes Social Studies
Westward expansion and Manifest Destiney
| Westward ho | events, people, government |
|---|---|
| Westward Expansion | 1803 Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States 1819 Florida Purchased from Spain 1845 Texas which included territory in New mexico/Colorado and Wyoming joined |
| Westward Expansion-continued | 1846 Oregon Territory became part of the US(Washington, Oregon, Idaho and part of Montana) 1848 a result of the Mexican American War US acquired California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada |
| Westward Expansion-continues | 1853 US purchased land from Mexico that included New Mexico and Arizona(Gadsden purchase) 1867 US purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million 1898 Hawaii was annexed by the US |
| Manifest Destiny | The continuous spread of the US from the eastern to the western coasts was a result of the Manifest Destiny. People believed that was was the destiny of the US to encompass the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean |
| Trail of Tears | 1838 Jackson was responsible for the relocating the Cherokee, Seminole and other native Americans to leave their southeastern homelands and relocate to Oklahoma. |
| Effects of MD and WE-1 | Increased conflicts with Native Americans |
| Effects of MD and WE-2 | Increased conflicts with Mexico |
| Effects of MD and WE-3 | Increased population in the west |
| Effects of MD and WE-4 | National support of railroads that greatly increased the American economy |
| Effects of MD and WE-5 | Increased conflicts between north and south as territories applied for statehood |