Manifest Destiny

4. The belief that the United States had a God given right to expand their borders from coast to coast.
7. The states in the U.S. that connect
8. An object that is bought or obtained
10. The 3rd President of the US. He owned over 600 slaves in his life. He completed the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the United States’ land size.
11. The first people to go on a journey
13. A war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846-1848. The U.S. won the war and took 50% of Mexico’s land.

1. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the US from France for $15 million. The Louisiana Territory extended over 15 states and doubled the size of the US.
2. The strategy of growing a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
3. A 1,900 mile continuous railroad line that connected the Eastern US (Iowa) to the Western US (Pacific)
5. The border of where civilization ends and where an unsettled area begins.
6. Trail 2000 mile journey from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean.
9. The advancing border that marked the lands that had been settled by White Europeans
12. The 11th President of the US. He was a believer in Manifest Destiny. He annexed Texas and took 50% of Mexico’s land.