Westward expansion project
Angela Nieto 6 period
Manifest destiny
Manifest destiny is the believe to stretch coast coast.
He wanted to expand westward.
Trains and wagons
Territorial acquisition
Lousiana was purchased by France it was double the size the us.
Florida was purchased by spain in 1819 .
Texas annexation
Western settlers
•Pioneers were the first to travel west.
•Pioneers traveld west in search f gold rush
•the challenges pioneers faced as they traveld were lack f water , extreme weather and , no maps
Pioneers were heading to California in search of gold to make profit.
U.s Mexican war
The cause was Texas gain independence and president Polk , polks excuse was that acquisition of California was one of the "four great measures".
•The treaty of guadapupe hidalgo
•Mexico had limits
•The states that are part of the Mexican cession are California, Nevada, Arizona and , Utah
Gold rush
•Gold was the mineral discovered in California in 1849
•California was part of the Mexican session
•The 49ers
•The gold rush impacted the population in California by increasing.
•The Chinnese immigrants end up building train tracks.