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STATION 3
Expansion
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
eFrom
France
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.UT, NM, NV, CO
1853Gadsden Purchase
Paid Mexico 10 Million
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.