SS final Flashcards
Manifest Destiny
The 19th century idea that Americans were chosen by God to settle all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Destiny to spread (what we wanted to spread across North America)
Religion, Culture, Language, Government
Westward Expansion
Describes the widespread movement of settlers to the American west during the 19th century.
Where the U.S. gained land during the 19th century
West of the Mississippi River
How the U.S. gained land
purchases, treaties, wars
People from Northern Mexico migrated:
North to the southwestern U.S.
People from China immigrated:
East to California
Enslaved African Americans were forced:
To move deeper south
What Native and Mexican Americans considered the movement of white settlers onto their land
An Invasion and Dispossession
First person to use the term Manifest Destiny
John L. O’ Sullivan
Problems with Manifest Destiny
- White American settlers thought they Had the right to claim land in the West
- The land already belonged to Mexican and Indigenous people
- Americans thought their culture was superior
Three American Presidents who mentioned Manifest Destiny
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
Gave U.S. government the right to force Indians out of their home
Indian Removal Act of 1830
A missionary to the Cherokee people
Reverend Samuel Worceste
The case Worceste pleaded, and won
Worchester vs. Georgia
