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Unit 5; Westward Expansion
About westward expansion -
Importance
Texas became a state -
Events
War with Mexico & slege of the Alamo -
Outcomes
Boundry between Texas & Mexico -
Western Expansion; Territories Added
Organ Territory, Mexican Cession, Louisiana Purchase, Texas, & Florida -
Effect
U.S. policies that expanded U.S. territory westward by wars with Indian tribes and Mexico, purchases from foreign governments, & annexation of Texas -
Manifest Destiny
Belief held in the 19th century by many Americans that U.S. was destined to span from Atlantic to Pacific ocean, spreading it's culture and democracy, belief had political, ecomonic, and social roots
