1. MANIFEST DESTINY Notes

2. What are reasons why population is growing in urban areas and shrinking in rural areas? Population Growth in Urban Centers Towns developed on railroad lines and canal People are moving west Example: Boomtowns in California People move to cities in search of new economic opportunities Women migrating to cities to work in factories

3. Oregon Country: EconomicSocialPolitical Fur TradeBring Christianity to Native Americans Split the territory with Great Britain at the 49 th parallel

4. Oregon Country Texas Annexation: EconomicSocialPolitical Texas could pay off war debt with money from annexation Many Americans lived in Texas Polk won election of 1844 by supporting annexation of Texas

5. Mexican Cession/Gadsden Purchase: EconomicSocialPolitical U.S. paid $15 million for this Cession and $10 million for Gadsden after the Mexican War Gain California and Utah, which led to Gold Rush and Mormon Migration Ended the disputes between Mexico and the U.S.

6. California Gold Rush: EconomicSocialPolitical Agriculture, shipping, and trade expanded as miners needed more food and other goods Many groups, such as 49ers, rushed to California creating boomtowns California applied for statehood as a free state

7. Utah Mormon Migration: EconomicSocialPolitical Expanded markets and towns in Utah Mormons moved out of New York because of persecution to Salt Lake City Utah would eventually apply for statehood