• Manifest Destiny led to an aggressive policy of westward expansion.
• Expansion led to foreign and domestic issues, including The Mexican War and the spread of slavery to new territories.
• The United States’ desire for more territory led to the idea of Manifest Destiny affecting all within the path of growth.

Check Point Questions:

• At what point does the attempt to control people without giving them a say lead to resentment and conflict?
• What are the effects of always wanting more?

• The Roots of Manifest Destiny: The Northwest Ordinance, The Louisiana Purchase , Lewis and Clark , the idea of Manifest Destiny
• Political, Economic, Social Motives of Manifest Destiny: Opportunity in The West , Expansion/Restriction of Slavery , Religious Freedom (Mormons)
• Key terms/concepts: Manifest Destiny, westward expansion, annexation, settlement, migration, pioneer, gold rush, annexation, Mexican Cession, natural barriers
• How land was acquired through Westward Expansion: The Texas Revolution , The Mexican War, The California Gold Rush, territorial acquisitions, The Gadsden Purchase, Oregon Territory, Treaty of Paris, Florida Acquisition, The Louisiana Purchase
• Including:

• events in U.S. history through 1877, including westward expansion
  
• 1803, Louisiana Purchase
  
• areas that were acquired to form the United States, including the Louisiana Purchase
  
• explain the importance of personal responsibilities, including accepting responsibility for one's behavior and supporting one's family
  
• electronic technology with graphs, charts, timelines, and maps
  
• transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate

Students will be able to:

• Explain why many Americans believed The United States should and would expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
• Compare how the land and natural features of North America both helped and hindered Americans’ westward migration during the 1800s.
• Show how different views toward slavery affected how The West was settled and added to The United States.
• Discuss why The United States went to war with Mexico, and how the outcome of the war added a great deal of territory to our nation.
• Discuss and identify the territories that were added to The United States during the period of westward expansion.