How did the idea of Manifest Destiny help bring about the

expansion of the United States? By- Kelsey Warren, Madison

Kowall, & Joey Tardiff

Louisiana Purchase

We bought the Louisiana Purchase from the French in the 1800’s. We had a 2 explorers named Lewis & Clark we also had another explorer named Zebulon Pike.

Oregon Trail

It took 5 to 6 months to wait for the grass to grow & had to get there before the snow started so they wouldn’t get caught in a snowstorm and die. They had to walk 2,000 miles total. They needed to average out 15 miles a day. 1 of every 10 people died. Accidents were the #1 cause of death in the last 20 years. About 50,000 people took the Oregon Trail west.

The Alamo

• 180 Texans vs. 6,000 Mexicans. They held out for 12 days. There were 2 famous men there and there names were Jim Bowie & Davy Crockett. Eventually the Mexicans killed everyone of the 180 Texans at the Alamo Church.

Santa Anna• Bad guy from Mexico. He was the Mexican President.

After killing everyone in the Alamo they had a siesta. He took a dead soldiers uniform and put in on pretending to be a normal Mexican soldier. His own men saluted him which gave him away. After he was captured by Sam Houston right away they forced

Santa Anna to give Texas its own freedom.

Sam Houston• One of the most colorful and controversial figures in

Texas history, Sam Houston was born in Virginia on March 2, 1793. He spent much of his youth, however, in the mountains of Tennessee. There, young Houston became acquainted with the Cherokee Indians, and he spent much time with them, an activity which he much preferred over studies or working on the farm.

• With the outbreak of the second war with England, Houston enlisted as a private soldier, and was made sergeant of a company. He excelled in the military and quickly won the admiration of his men and his superiors. After receiving three near-mortal wounds at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, he rose to the rank of first lieutenant before resigning in 1818 to study law.

The Gadsden Purchase

• The Gadsden Purchase officially completed the Manifest Destiny by the U.S. stretching all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. We Paid $10 Million for Gadsden from the Mexicans.