For this question, write two sentences for each of the following events, stating how each event relates to America’s “manifest destiny” to settle the West in the 1800s (you may use internet or other research to find info, 1 pt per event):
The Oregon Trail in 1843-1844;
President James Polk;
Admission of Texas as a slave state;
The War with Mexico, 1846-1848;
The Oregon Treaty (between the U.S. and Great Britain);
The founding of Salt Lake City by Brigham Young;
The Whitman Mission Massacre;
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo; and
The California Gold Rush.
