The New Republic and the Westward Expansion

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Standard:   SS.8.A.4:  Demonstrate an understanding of the domestic and international causes, course, and consequences of westward expansion.

Manifest Destiny- a belief that Americans were destined to settle the West.

• The Louisiana Purchase
• Texas Independence
• Oregon Territory

Coming up:

The Jacksonian Democracy