Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion

acquisition of the Mexican Cession

It was the first step to America taking over more land. Americans believed that it was their duty to take over more land and to grow larger.

the miners looking for gold in California

Mexican American War

Manifest Destiny was the creed that advocated that it was the destiny of white people to rule the North American continent from sea to shining sea or from the east coast to the west coast.

Manifest destiny was good because we bought land because people thought it was our faith hence the manifest destiny concept,though some people say well yeah US is a great country but when we had the chance we should have gotten more land...so there are different opinions on this concept

Settlers and traders went in the manifest destiny in New Mexico.

It is the belief that the US should expand to the Pacific Ocean.

they received: Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, some of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.

Manifest Destiny is the historical belief that the United States is destined and divinely ordained by God to expand across the North American continent, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean.

Buffalo Bill was primarily a showman. He created and operated the Buffalo Bill's Wild West, a circus like show he later renamed Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. The show presumed to reenact events from the early west. Some say he was the most well known American in about 1900, but I doubt that, I think Mark Twain was the most widely known American. If he contributed to the westward movement it was by causing people to become interested in the west from seeing his show.

The effects were that wealthy man got more opportunity's and it opened up more doors for the poor but it didn't go over the wealthy mean.

The positive things about manifest destiny was that it gave the U.S. vast amounts of land, improved the economy, and gave the U.S. a mix of cultures.

Slavery, Political, and Democracy.

I learned seven. Use what suits your needs. U.S, Florida, Gadsen Purchase, Texas, Luisiana Purchase, Oregon, and Mexican Cession. You're welcome

louisian purchase, flordia, oregon, texas, and california

Manifest Destiny was the belief of the United States government that the USA should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It was a westward expansion movement.

i think they wanted all the beaver tails in Canada or something wallahi

The United States should own the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Manifest destiny and social Darwinism were used to justify horrible actions toward minority peoples during the 1800s. Manifest destiny was the idea that the US should expand westward, and was used to steal Native American lands. Social Darwinism was the idea that the lighter skinned people were, the better they were. It was used to justify institutional racism.

Because people are asking dumb questions....if I am 13 years old how old would I be.....what

There weren't really any treaties so much as buying land and waging war.

Basically some of them are:

- The Louisiana Purchase

- Treaty of 1818

- Texas Revolution, then annexation of Texas

- And finally the Mexican-American War

Manifest Destiny was a bad idea, in hindsight, for several reasons. One: it essentially gave white Americans the incentive and cleared them of any guilt for stealing lands that had been previously promised to Native American tribes by the U.S. government. Two: the massive exodus from people from the eastern states into the center created an agricultural society that the land couldn't actually support. This later would result in the Dust Bowl during the early 20th century that expanded across the middle of the country, bankrupting hundreds and causing massive dust storms that blew as far as New York City. Three: westward expansion caused the depletion of the wild buffalo that roamed the plains in millions, now the numbers have dwindled. Regardless of it's downfalls, it's important to remember that Manifest Destiny has benefited us in more ways that it has been deficient. For example, it created a pressure valve to relieve the overpopulated cities of the East and it later attracted immigrants from other countries. Moreover it spurred the need for a transcontintal railroad, which provided jobs and helped establish different time zones in the United States.

Although manifest destiny is most closely associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1860, it has been used in more modern times as well. President McKinley invoked the idea of manifest destiny when advocating for the annexation of Hawaii.

Manifest Destiny was the belief that Americans would expand westward, and that was God's will or something like that. Through manifest destiny, the government wanted to obtain the land westward such as the louisiana purchase, hawaii, cuba. All their territorial expansion. Involvement in conquering these territories resulted in a ton of land for the american people, money, resources which were obtained through wars. Along the lines, America gained some foes, and also established power by expanding their nation. As Americans gained more land, the citizens had new opportunites (in the new lands). Some decided to create utopian societies (which didn't really work out in the end); some established ethnic neighborhoods. Others created homesteads. Remember that farming was a lot more common back then, especially in the west (newest land).