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Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny review vocabulary
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Content: How did gaining territories during the 19th century help the U.S. achieve the idea of "Manifest Destiny?" By gaining new territories the people can expand in every war, North, South, East, and West. Explain the Louisiana Purchase. How did we obtain Louisiana Territory? Why was it so important? What benefits did this give the U.S.? We obtained it by a treaty/purchase, when Napoleon Bonaporte couldn't hold on to it anymore. It doubled he size of the U.S., the people could expand. How did war with Mexico help bring the U.S. closer to achieving Manifest Destiny? The Mexican Cession Territory was a huge piece of land, which gave the U.S. much more land, so people could expand further.