Manifest Destiny

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    United states purchased land west of the mississippi river, over 828,000 square miles for 15 million.
  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail
    The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th century transportation route through central north america that connected Franklin, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase
    The purchase of about 29.640 square miles of Southern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico.
  • Battle of Alamo

    Battle of Alamo
    The Battle of alamo was a battle between The Texians and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's army. The Texians and Tejanos were surprised but they held out for 13 days.
  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Battle of San Jacinto
    Battle of the Texas revolution, The texas army engaged and defeated General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Army.
  • Oregon Trail

    Oregon Trail
    This trail was a trail that was made to go across the United States. It was only passable by foot or horseback but by 1836 the first migrant wagon traveled the Oregon trail.
  • Annexation of Texas

    Annexation of Texas
    Congress and the convetntion voted for the annexation of Texas, a constitution was drawn up and the popular vote won.
  • Brigham young (Mormons)

    Brigham young (Mormons)
    Brigham Young Set off with 3,000 mormons to Utah. The mormons had a schedule for when they should be to their goal place, but unforseen difficulties hit. They had to split their journey in two. Nauvoo to Omaha, they reached Nebraska in 1846 and then Omaha to Salt lake city in 1847.
  • Mexican-American War

    Mexican-American War
    The Mexican-American War was fought between the mexicans and the americans, over land.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
    Peace and friendship and settlement between the U.S. and Mexico.
  • Fort Laramie Treaty

    Fort Laramie Treaty
    The Fort Laramie Treaty was an agreement between the Oglala, Miniconjou, Brule bands of Lakota people and The United States.