Roots of Manifest Destiny
-Land-Louisiana Purchase 1803
-Nationalism-Spread Democracy
-Population Growth-effects of industrialization and immigration
-Developments in Transportation-encourage people to move west
Territorial Acquisition
-James K. Polk 11th U.S. President
-Annex Texas 1845 leads to Mexican War-Henry David Thoreau "civil disobedience"
-Mexican Cession 1848
-Oregon Territory 1846
-Gadsden Purchase 1853
Trails West
How they got there...
-Mormon Trail
-Oregon Trail
-Santa Fe Trail
Reform Movements/Social Reform
-Education Reform
-Prison Reform
-Women's Rights Movement
-Abolitionist Movement
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