STATION 3 Expansion

2 Gov’t Policies Drive Settlers Westward  MONROE DOCTRINE-1823  President James Monroe warned European nations not to interfere with any nation in the Americas. US will stay out of European affairs.  MANIFEST DESTINY  The notion the the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific- helped to expand our nation to the boundaries we have today.

1803 Louisiana Purchase From France 1818 Boundary West of Great Lakes from Britain 1819 JQ Adams Convinces Spain to give up Florida 1841 Oregon Territory agreement with GB 1846 Pres. Polk Annexation of Texas from Mexico 1848 California gained as part of Mexican Cession.UT, NM, NV, CO 1853 Gadsden Purchase Paid Mexico 10 Million 1844 Manifest Destiny- Policy to Expand US to West Coast 1823 Monroe Doctrine- Europe stay our of Americas

Here is what gets asked on the Final :  The major purpose of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)was to?  Limit European influence in Western Hemisphere.  The slogan “Fifty-four forty or Fight”, the annexation of Texas and the Mexican War all related to?  The belief in Manifest Destiny.  The term “Manifest Destiny” was first used to support?  Westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean.  In which war was Manifest Destiny used to justify United States government actions?  The Mexican War.  During the first half of the 19 th century, territorial expansion led to ?  Increased tension over slavery in the new territory.