the belief that it was God's plan to that the U.S. should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Wrote an editorial that first mentioned the term "Manifest Destiny"

an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico; used from about 1821 to 1880

2000 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley: began by Protestant missionaries

Led the Mormons on an exodus to Salt Lake City, Utah

add a territory onto an existing state or country

the transfer of land from one country to another

expansionist, U.S. President, who served during the Mexican war and sought to expand the United States

General that was a military leader in Mexican-American War and 12th president of the United States. Sent by president Polk to lead the American Army against Mexico at Rio Grande, but defeated.

United States general who was a hero of the Mexican American War (1846-1847) and later, of the Civil War;

the purchasing of land from Mexico that completed the continental United States It provided the land needed to build the transcontinental railroad.

people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849

An Agreement that ended the 1848 Mexican-American War; acquired Mexican Cession (CA, AZ, NM); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas

Starvation, tainted water, attacks by Indians and wild animals, harsh weather

Thousands moved West in search of riches, the entry of California opened up the Slavery issuse.

Land split between US and Britain

English speaking settlers who were invited in my the newly independent Mexican government

Increased the size of the US by 1/3