Manifest Destiny was a belief held by many people in the United States in the 1840s. What did that belief claim?

The magazine editor John O'Sullivan first printed the phrase "manifest destiny" in 1845. In that article, what action was he arguing for?

Congress passed Manifest Destiny as a national law in 1845.

After Texas joined the United States in 1845, the two governments disagreed about the border. The United States said the border was the Rio Grande; Mexico said it was the Nueces River. What happened in 1846?

The war between the United States and Mexico ended in 1848 with a treaty signed near Mexico City. What was that treaty called?

In the 1848 treaty, Mexico gave up a huge stretch of its northern territory to the United States. All the land of one present-day state came from that giveaway. What state was it?

Mexico handed over its northern territory in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. What did the treaty say the United States would pay Mexico for that land?

About 80,000 Mexican citizens were living in the land Mexico gave up in 1848. What did the treaty say about them?

In 1846 the United States and Britain settled who would hold the Oregon Country. Where did the treaty place the boundary between them?

Thousands of pioneers crossed two thousand miles on the Oregon Trail in the 1840s. How did most families make that journey?

In early 1848 James Marshall made a discovery at John Sutter's sawmill, and about 300,000 people poured west into that part of the country over the next few years. What is that movement of newcomers called?

In 1854 Texas set aside two reservations on the Brazos River for the Caddo, Comanche, Waco, Tonkawa and other nations. What happened to the people living there in 1859?

Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. What power did that law give the federal government?

In 1838 and 1839 the United States Army forced the Cherokee Nation to walk from its homeland in the Southeast to Indian Territory, and about a quarter of the people did not survive the journey. What is that forced march called?

The United States signed treaties promising Indigenous nations that certain western lands would stay theirs. As settlers and railroads pushed into those lands, what happened again and again?

Indigenous nations were pushed out of Texas in the 1800s, but three federally recognized tribal governments are located in Texas today. Name one of them.

By the mid-1870s the huge bison herds of the southern plains were nearly gone after hide hunters killed them by the millions. How did that change life for the Comanche and Kiowa?

The first transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869. How did it change travel between the East and the Pacific coast?

Supporters of Manifest Destiny said the nation's spread west was more than just a good idea. What did they claim it was?

True or False: Manifest Destiny encouraged many Americans to move west in search of land and opportunity.

Which event made Texas part of the United States?

In what year did Texas become a U.S. state?

Why did the annexation of Texas increase tension between the United States and Mexico?

Which river did Texas and the United States claim as Texas's southern border after annexation?

Which U.S. president strongly supported expansion and led the country during the war with Mexico?

In what year did the Mexican-American War end?

Before joining the United States, Texas won its independence from Mexico and was its own country for nearly ten years. What was that country called?

What was one major result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Which Cherokee leader spent years fighting in Washington, D.C. to stop his people's land from being taken during the era of westward expansion, before being forced to lead them on the Trail of Tears?

True or False: California became a state before the Gold Rush began in 1848.

How did annexation affect the number of settlers living in Texas?

What economic activity grew in Texas as more settlers moved west?

Which transportation improvement helped people and goods move across Texas and the West later in the 1800s?

How did Manifest Destiny contribute to conflict over slavery?

Which statement best describes an effect of U.S. expansion on Tejanos after Texas annexation?

What effect did the annexation of Texas have on the size of the United States?

Which statement is an example of a positive effect for many U.S. settlers during westward expansion?

Which statement is an example of a negative effect of Manifest Destiny?

Besides California, which present-day state was formed from land the United States gained after the Mexican-American War?

True or False: Studying Manifest Destiny means looking at both opportunities for settlers and harms done to other groups.