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MANIFEST DESTINY Mr. McMurray

Moving West •  Jefferson: Louisiana Purchase of 1803 from France for $15 mil. •  Meriwether Lewis & William Clark chart the course for

westward expansion – “The Oregon Trail” •  Accompanied by Sacagawea, Shoshone Native American

•  Worked as interpreter and guide

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Moving West • Manifest Destiny – literally means “obvious fate” referencing

the idea that Americans were destined or “pre-ordained” to settle West

•  Florida, 1819 •  Texas, 1845 • Oregon Country, 1846 • Mexican War

•  Acquire Southwest •  Formation of the

continental US • Sectional identities

soon solidify – North, South, West

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American Progress, 1872, John Gast

From where does this term derive? •  Let’s read a bit…