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Westward Expansion
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Louisana Purchase
The Louisanan Purchase of land from France extends US lands from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Sold by France to the US for $15 million. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was between the US and Great Britain, was declared by President Madison and lasted for 2 years and 8 months. It resulted in a stalemate. The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 . -
First Seminole War
Andrew Jackson invades Florida, burning and massacring Native Americans and Blacks. Seminoles were crossing Georgia border to raid towns and harbored runaway slaves.Andrew Jackson seized all Spanish forts in East Florida. -
Indian Removal Act
the Indian Removal Act was to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west to the Mississippi River. This law was prompted by the desire to settle the land but was also due to discovering gold. The Indian Removal Act gave the federal government the power to force the relocation of any Native Americans, living in the east of the country, to the territory west of the Mississippi River. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a trail that Native Americans were forced to travel, from their homelands. Thousands of them died from natural elements. -
Second Seminole War
Native Americans killed and driven out of most of Northern Florida. Native American were forced to move to the west. The Seminoles tried to retain their land in Florida. -
Manifest Destiny
The phrase is the idea that westward expansion, and occupation the North American continent, was a divine right of the American people. It was based on the belief of cultural and racial superiority over other nations and the obligation to bring civilization and enlightment to other races. The phrase Mainfest Destiny was conied by the Journalist John O'Sullivan in 1845. -
Texas Annexation
The Congress passed a joint resolution for annexing texas to the US and Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state. The Texas border dispute with Mexico quickly led to the Mexican-American War. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsen Pruchase refers to the land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico which was bought by the US fromm Mexico for $10 million. The land bought in the Gadsen Purchase provided a route for a southern transcontinental railroad from El Paso to Los Angeles, California on the Pacific coast. -
Ostend Manifesto
The Ostend Manifesto was a document drawn up in October 1854, at Ostend, Belgium, by proslavery American ministers James Buchanan, John Mason and Pierre Soule. The Ostend Manifesto planned for the annexation of Cuba from Spain but the Gunboat Diplomacy of Pierre Soule against Spain led to great controversy between the northern and southern states.
