Manifest Destiny Summary Intro

to convince Canada to become part of the USA

tp expand the US territory to the Pacific Ocean

to build a canal across Central America

to acquire naval bases in the Carribbean

To invite a people to move to a country or territory

To add land to an existing country or territory

To purchase a country or territory from a foreign power

To remove people from an existing country or territory

Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Jackson

John O'Sullivan

President Abraham Lincoln

Occupy all of the land in the Central United States

Occupy all of the Eastern United States

Expand its land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Expand its land from Canada to South America

The land was uninhabited

Growing cities offered factory jobs.

The region thrived on plantation agriculture.

Land was good for growing crops.

When Congress decided the territory was ready

When the president decided the territory was ready

After 60,000 free people lived in a territory

When the governor voted to allow the territory to apply

It was signed over by Britain in a treaty ending joint occupation by the two countries.

It was bought by France, as it was part of the territory that changed hands with the Louisiana Purchase.

It was part of the Mexican Cession, which was territory gained following the U.S.-Mexican War

It was purchased from Russia, which had previously established fur trading posts there.

Allowed for an easy trade route into Mexico

Prompted the belief in Manifest Destiny

Expanded trade between the south and west

Relocated Natives to avoid further conflicts