Westward Expansion
Causes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
________
Oregon has fertile land.
Texas is ideal for raising cattle
_____
and growing _______.
cotton
Many Americans believed in
Destiny
the Manifest
________ ________.
Mormons
_________seek a safe home.
Gold is discovered in
California
__________.
Effects
1.
annexes
The United States __________
Texas. (28th state – Dec. 1845)
2.
Britain & the U.S. divided
Oregon
________.
3.
The United States gains the
Cession after the
Mexican ________
Mexican
________ War.
4.
5.
6.
Gadsden
The U.S. makes the _________
Purchase. (parts of AZ & NM)
The U.S. stretches from the
Atlantic
Pacific
________ to the _______.
Cotton Kingdom spreads.
The “_______”