1. Kayla Eilertson, Kodi Parkhurst, Tristen Hughes, Kylie Smith
Manifest Destiny
Kayla Eilertson, Kodi Parkhurst, Tristen Hughes, Kylie Smith

2. Manifest Destiny:
The commonly accepted idea that the U.S. would expand westward, all the way to the Pacific Ocean

3. Why Expand?
New Life
Religious Freedom
Wealth

4. Louisiana Purchase 1803 Bought from France For 15million dollars
Doubled the size of the US
Went from Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
Explorers
Louis and Clark

5. Indian Removal Act
Act that said forced all Native Americans to leave their homelands and move to ‘Indian Territory’
Trail of Tears
Issued by Andrew Jackson
Georgia vs. Cherokee
Ruled that Cherokee could stay
Jackson ignored ruling, and forced them out anyways

6. Mexican/American War
President James K. Polk forced conflict with Mexico
War ended with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gave us modern day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico

7. The Gold Rush Gold first found by John Sutter
at Sutter’s Mill in the Sacramento Valley in California
1848
Started ‘Gold Rush’
Created a series of mining camps
Irish and Chinese laborers

8. Mormons Religion created by Joseph Smith
Moved westward to avoid persecution
Lead by Brigham Young
Settled in current day Utah

9. http://www. watchknowlearn. org/Video. aspx
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