Manifest Destiny 1840-1890

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

• The belief that God wanted America to stretch from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast.
• Continent should be “Americanized”, with western thinking and Christianity.

Question 2

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 2

• A railroad that connected the United States from East to West.
• Built by Irish laborers.

Question 3

Dawes Act

Answer 3

• An act of Congress to Americanize the Native Americans.

- “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.”

Question 4

Mexican-American War

Answer 4

-Fought over the annexation of Texas against Mexico. After the war was over, the United States gained the land from Texas to California.

Question 5

Positive Effects/Events on Mexican-American War

Answer 5

• Expansion of the American Land, trade and influence.
• Louisiana Purchase-doubled the size of the United States of America.
• Increased farm land and raw materials.
• Use of the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.

Question 6

Negative Effects/Events on Mexican-American War

Answer 6

• Destroyed the Native American way of life.
• Plains Indians were forced completely abandon their way of life and move to reservations.
• Indian Removal Act.
• Trail of Tears.