Title: Free Essay: Manifest Destiny Dbq
Headings: Manifest Destiny Dbq
Manifest Destiny Dbq
Content: As Native Americans were being pushed west, Americans were in hot pursuit, searching for land to claim and farm. Eventually the United States Government passed laws saying, if you sustainably farm a piece of land west of the Mississippi River for five years, that land automatically becomes your property; this act shows the support of Manifest destiny from the United States Government. Eventually manifest destiny pushed the United States into the Mexican American war. The war was originally fought over the boarder of Texas and Mexico – by the way America had also invited Texas into the country; “ The Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new state, to be called the State of Texas” (Doc C). After America had expanded the Texas boarder father in to Mexico, America gained other southwest states such as Arizona and California. “ The boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico…” (Doc F). The gain of California was huge for the United States, because now they had expanded all the way across the country. With California came the gold rush, the port of San Francisco, many large cities, and the end of the Transcontinental Rail Road.