| A | B |
| Manifest Destiny | American belief to own land to Pacific |
| 1803 | Louisiana Purchas |
| Oregon Country | Acquired from Great Britain, 1846 |
| 1819 | Purchased Florida from Spain |
| Was once an independent nation | Texas |
| Argument against annexing TX | Adding a southern slave state |
| Mexican War | Began over a border dispute |
| Ended the Mexican War | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| 1849 | Gold Rush, migration to California |
| Gadsden Purchase | Acquired from Mexico, 10M, Railroad |
| Social reasons for Manifest Destiny | Spread democracy, flee persecution |
| Economic reasons for Manifest Destiny | New markets, Farmland |
| California and Oregon | Free States |
| Texas and Southern States | Slave States |
| Mormon Trail | Brigham Young lead Mormons to Utah |
| Oregon Trail | Early route to the Pacific |
| Santa fe Trail | Opened trade routes in the Southwest |
| To treat badly | Persecution |
| Civil Disobediance | Henry Davis Thoreau, not paying taxes |
| Annexation | To bring into the Union |
| Popular Sovereignty | Freedom within an area |