MANIFEST DESTINY

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MANIFEST DESTINY
The idea popular in the United States during the
1800s that the country must expand its boundaries
to the Pacific
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE
France sold the Louisiana Territory To the U.S.
for 15m In 1803
The U.S. after the Treaty Of Paris of 1783
N
France reclaimed all The Louisiana
Territory After 1800
W
E
S
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas Jefferson wanted to Buy New Orleans for 7m
3
SPANISH ACQUISITION
Atlantic Ocean
N
E
W
Gulf of Mexico
S
Spain cedes E. Florida, gives up claims to W.
Florida, gets 15m in damage claims in
Adams- Onis Treaty 1819
Andrew Jackson attacks East Florida 1818
4
TEXAS ANNEXATION
N
E
W
S
Gulf of Mexico
Texas is refused annexation because of slavery
issue fear of war with Mexico 1836
Texas becomes a state 1845
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OREGON TRAIL

• Began in early 1840s because of Panic of 1837
  depression
• By 1845, 5000 American settlers had come to
  Willamette Valley

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OREGON TRAIL
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OREGON COMPROMISE
Great Britain and U.S. Make treaty with 49th
Parallel becoming border 1846
N
E
W
S
Gulf of Mexico
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MEXICAN CESSION andGADSEN PURCHASE
Mexican War ends with Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo ceding Mexican Territory for 15m in 1848
N
E
W
S
U.S. acquires strip of land south of Mexican
Cession for 10m with Gadsen Purchase in 1853.
Was good railroad way across Southwest
Pacific Ocean