STATION 3Expansion

2 Gov’t Policies Drive Settlers Westward

MONROE DOCTRINE-1823 President James Monroe warned

European nations not to interfere with any nation in the Americas. US will stay out of European affairs.

MANIFEST DESTINY- 1844 The notion the the United States should

stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific- helped to expand our nation to the boundaries we have today.

1803 Louisian

a Purchas

e

1818Boundary West of Great Lakes from

Britain

1819 JQ Adams Convinces Spain to give up Florida

1841 Oregon Territory

agreement with GB

1846 Pres. Polk Annexation of Texas

from Mexico

1848California gained as

part of Mexican Cession

1853Gadsde

n Purchas

e

1844Manifest Destiny-Policy to

Expand US to West Coast

1823Monroe

Doctrine-Europe

stay our of Americas

Here is what gets asked on the Final: The major purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)was to?

Limit European influence in Western Hemisphere. The slogan “Fifty-four forty or Fight”, the annexation of

Texas and the Mexican War all related to? The belief in Manifest Destiny.

The term “Manifest Destiny” was first used to support? Westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean.

In which war was Manifest Destiny used to justify United States government actions?

The Mexican War. During the first half of the 19th century, territorial

expansion led to ? Increased tension over slavery in the new territory.