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What is Manifest Destiny? Manifest Destiny was the 19th-centery belief that the United States was destined by God to expand westward across North America.
When was the Mexican-American War, what caused it and what were some effects? Was a 1846-1848 disputed Territory known as Texas, caused when Polk 'poked' Mexico, and caused the Mexican Cession and the treaty of Guadalupe Hildago.
Push factors; Religious Persecution(mormons)
Pull factors; Religious freedom (utah)
Push factors; Political upheaval and flooding(chinese)
Pull factors; Wealth(gold rush)
Push factors; potato famini(irish)
Pull factors; Land(Oregon territory)
Describe the Gadsden Purchase. The Gadsden Purchase was a 1853 agreement in which the U.S. bought a strip of land from Mexico for $10 million (for transcontinental railroad)
What was the Louisiana Purchase? An 1803 agreement in which the United States bought a vast amount of land from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the country
Northwest Ordinance details. 1787; territory has 60,000 people, can apply for stathood
California Gold Rush 1849(49'ers)
California Gold Rush Chinese immigration(discrimination)
California Gold Rush Population Boom (statehood in 1850)
Florida Adams-Onis treaty 1819
Texas 1845, Alamo-'Remember the Alamo!', joined union as slave state
Oregon 1848- Adams-Onis treaty, Oregon trail-2,000 miles long, belongings in Prairie Schooners, "54, 40, or fight!"
New Mexico 1848- Vast region between Texas and Cali territories, Santa Fe trail major trade route
California 1850- Spanish explorers and missionaries settled Cali in the 1700's, Mexican state after 1821
Utah 1850- Joseph Smith/ founder of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young led the Mormons to the Great Salt Lake
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